Sahim Omar Kalifa
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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. With his short film Nan, Kalifa then won a prize of 60,000 euro for Best Flemish Student Film at the Leuven International Short Film Festival.
Kalifa has won 80 international awards with his short movies "Land of the heroes", "Baghdad Messi", and "Bad Hunter". The most prestigious awards were at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival with "Land Of The Heroes" as Jury Award, and Best Short Film for "Generation". "Baghdad Messi" also won 50 international awards, and is shortlisted for the Oscars 2015.
In 2014 Sahim was chosen as Best Kurdish film director. He received production support from Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds for his debut film "Zagros", which will be filmed in 2016. [citation needed]