Sahim Omar Kalifa
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-07-01 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Zakho, Kurdistan, Iraq
Also known As
سهيم عمر خليفة
سەهیم عومەر خەلیفە
Sahim Omar Kalifa
Biography
Sahim Omar Kalifa (born 1980 Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan) is a Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker based in Belgium. In 2001, he came to Belgium, and in 2008 he got his Master's degree in filmmaking at Sint-Lukas 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: A-Jury 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 Acade...
Acting
2012
Production
2023
as Director
2012
as Director
2013
as Director
2013
as Writer
2013
as Producer
2011
as Director
2008
as Director
2022
as Director
2022
as Writer
2017
as Director
2017
as Writer
2018
as Director
2018
as Writer
2011
as Writer
2008
as Screenplay
2008
as Producer
2023
as Story
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