Sahim omar kalifa biography
Sahim Omar Kalifa is a Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker based in Belgium....
Sahim Omar Kalifa is a Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker based in Belgium.
Sahim Omar Kalifa
Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker, born 1980
Sahim Omar Kalifa (born 1980 in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan) is a Belgian-Kurdishfilmmaker based in Belgium.[1]
Life and career
In 2001, he came to Belgium, and in 2008 he got his Master's degree in filmmaking at Sint-Lukas Film School, Brussels.
With his short filmNan, Kalifa won the Best Flemish Student Film at the Leuven International Short Film Festival.[2]
Kalifa has won more than 100 international awards for his short films Land of the Heroes, Baghdad Messi, and Bad Hunter.
The biggest achievements so far are:
A-Jury Prize as Best Short film for ‘Land of the heroes’ at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
B- ‘Baghdad Messi’ was shortlisted for the 87th Academy Awards, better known as The Oscars.
It was one of the 10 finalists.[3]
C- ‘Bad Hunter’ was also shortlisted for the 88th Academy Awards.[4]
D- ZAGROS ‘Feature Film’: Winner of The Grand Prix Fo
