Sahim Omar Kalifa

Sahim Omar Kalifa born 1980 Zakho Iraqi Kurdistan is a BelgianKurdish filmmaker based in Belgium In 2001 he came to Belgium and in 2008 he got his Masters degree in filmmaking at SintLukas Film School Brussels Kalifa has won 96 international awards with his short films Land of the Heroes Baghdad Messi and Bad Hunter The biggest achievements so far are AJury Prize as Best Short film for Land of the heroes at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival Generation B Baghdad Messi was shortlisted for the 87th Academy awards the Oscars It was one of the 10 finalists C Bad Hunter was also shortlisted for the 88th Academy awards the Oscars Bad Hunter won also several international Awards at some important film festivals like Jury Award at 59th Valladolid 38th Montreal World Dubai IFF and Flickerfest International Film Festival 2014 Sahim was chosen in Istanbul as Best Kurdish film director In 2016 Sahim became a member of the Academy Awards The Oscars He can vote for the Oscar awards 4 Summer 2016 Sahim had filmed his debut film Zagros which has been supported by Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds VAF Dutch Film Fund and Eurimages