Arabic
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فنار أحمد) is a Danish filmmaker of Iraqi origin. He was born in 1981 in
to immigrant Iraqi parents. In 1986 the family emigrated to Denmark. There he studied film in the alternative film school Super16.
Ahmad is known for the award-winning 2010 short film '' Megaheavy'', co-written by Ahmad and Jacob Katz Hansen and directed by Ahmad. It won
Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation
The Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation ( da, Robert Prisen for årets korte fiktion/animation) is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2006 ...
for 2010 during the
27th Robert Awards
The 27th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 7 February 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2009.
Honorees Best Danish Film
* ''Antichrist''
Best Chi ...
in Copenhagen on 7 February 2010.
In 2014, Ahmad directed the long feature film '' Flow'' (also known by the Danish title ''Ækte vare'') starring Danish rapper Kian Rosenberg Larsson, better known as Gilli. The film was nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at the CPH PIX festival in 2014. It was also nominated for the Best Children / Youth film and for Audience Award at the Robert Film Awards.IMDb awards page – Fenar Ahmad /ref> The soundtrack for the film with rap music by Gilli, MellemFingaMuzik, Murro, KESI, Højer Øye and
S!vas
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premiered and topped the Danish Box Office reaching over 180,000 admissions. The film stars
Dar Salim
Dar Salim (born 18 August 1977) is a Danish actor. He received a Bodil Award nomination in the category Best Actor for the film ''Go With Peace, Jamil'' in 2008.
Early life
Dar Salim was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He fled to Denmark as a six-year-ol ...
as a doctor, who gives up his privileged lifestyle and sets out on a mission through Copenhagen's criminal underworld, to avenge his younger brother's death. The film also stars Stine Fischer Christensen,
Ali Sivandi
Ali Sivandi is a Danish actor in Danish films, television series, on stage and radio.
Beginnings
Ali Sivandi’s father is an Iranian immigrant who worked as an auto painter and his mother is an Arab Iraqi with additional roots in Kazakhstan and R ...
Valhalla
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Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation
The Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation ( da, Robert Prisen for årets korte fiktion/animation) is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2006 ...
during
27th Robert Awards
The 27th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 7 February 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2009.
Honorees Best Danish Film
* ''Antichrist''
Best Chi ...
in Copenhagen
* 2010: Won Grand Prix, National Competition,
Odense International Film Festival
OFF - Odense International Film Festival is an Academy Award-Qualifying, week-long short film festival in Denmark. It takes place every year in the last week of August. The festival made its debut in 1975, making OFF the eldest film festival in De ...
(2010)
* 2010: Honorable Mention,
Stockholm International Film Festival
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The ...
* 2010: Special Mention,
Edinburgh International Film Festival
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* 2010: Nominated for the Crystal Bear, Generation 14plus – Best Short Film,
Berlin International Film Festival
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;For film '' Flow'' or ''Ækte vare''
* 2014: Nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at CPH PIX festival
* 2015: Nominated for Best Children / Youth film, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers))
* 2015: Nominated for Audience Award, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers))