Fenar Ahmad
Fenar Ahmad (in Arabic فنار أحمد) is a Danish filmmaker of Iraqi origin. He was born in 1981 in Czechoslovakia to immigrant Iraqi parents. In 1986 the family immigrated to Denmark where he studied film in the alternative film school Super16.
Ahmad is best known for his award-winning 2010 short film Megaheavy co-written by Ahmad with Jacob Katz Hansen and directed by Ahmad. It won Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation for 2010 during the 27th Robert Awards in Copenhagen on 7 February 2010.
In 2014, he directed the long feature film Flow (Ækte vare) starring Danish rapper Kian Rosenberg Larsson better known as Gilli.[1][2] The film was nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at the CPH PIX festival in 2014.[3] It was also nominated for the Best Children / Youth film and for Audience Award at the Robert Film Awards.[4][5] The soundtrack for the film with rap music by Gilli, MellemFingaMuzik, Murro, KESI, Højer Øye and S!vas charted peaking at number 8 on the Hitlisten, the official Danish Albums Chart.[6][7]
Filmography
- Feature films
- 2014: Flow (Ækte vare)
- Short films (fiction)
- 2007: Paragraf 15
- 2008: Mesopotamia
- 2009: Megaheavy
- 2010: Torshammer
- 2015: Darkland[8]
- Documentaries
- 2007: Nice to Meet You
- 2009: Rejsecirkus
- 2009: Den Perfekte Muslim
- 2009: Climaniacs (anthology)
Awards
- For film Megaheavy
- 2010: Won Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation during 27th Robert Awards in Copenhagen[5]
- 2010: Won Grand Prix, National Competition, Odense International Film Festival (2010)
- 2010: Honorable Mention, Stockholm International Film Festival
- 2010: Special Mention, Edinburgh International Film Festival
- 2010: Nominated for the Crystal Bear, Generation 14plus – Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival
- For film Ækte vare
- 2014: Nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at CPH PIX festival[5]
- 2015: Nominated for Best Children / Youth film, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers))[5]
- 2015: Nominated for Audience Award, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers))[5]
References
- ↑ Malene Tabart Lehmann Andersen. "Debutinstruktør på CPH PIX: Sjovt det startede med et fissehul" (in Danish). Politiken.dk. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ↑ "Flow (Aekte vare): Copenhagen Review.". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ↑ Elisabeth Cecilie Munck og Ole Blegvad. "Rap-filmen Ækte Vare handler mere om venskab end indvandrermiljø". DR.
- ↑ Elsa Keslassy (2015-02-01). "Scandinavian Cinema Energized by Newcomers". Variety. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 IMDb awards page – Fenar Ahmad
- ↑ DanishCharts.com: GILLI – ÆKTE VARE album page
- ↑ http://ekstrabladet.dk/filmmagasinet/Filmnyheder/article4682386.ece
- ↑ Elsa Keslassy (2015-08-17). "New Nordic Films' Co-Production Forum Runs Wide Gamut". Variety. Retrieved 2015-10-11.