Safin Taki
Safin Taki (born November 9, 1983) is a Kurdish, Swedish producer, director and cinematographer from Sweden. Safin Taki moved to Sweden at the age of 1 with his parents Sliman Faiq Taki and Leocardia Taki and big brother Aras Taki. Safin grew up in small town in Sweden, Söderhamn. Later on they moved to Sweden's west coast where Safin began studying film and media. At the age of 16 Safin directed his first stop-motion animation short film "The Expedition". The film was well received at Swedish film festivals winning the Frame Film Festival in Skövde and  the Jury's special prize (Lasse Dahlqvist, Lukas Moodysson, Fanny Danielsson) at Novemberfestivalen in Trollhättan, Sweden. In 2001 Safin directed the short film "Ingen Återvändo" Starring Martin Wallström and Niklas Grussell. The movie was awarded the Swedish Film Institutes "Zoom Priset" and the award for best male performances by the jury (Jacob Bastviken, Josef Fares, Cecillia Nordlund) at the Novemberfestivalen in Trollhättan, Sweden. References. Glimz.net (2001) NovemberFestivalen, Trollhättan (2001) Stage 32 (2013) He moved to Kurdistan Region, Iraq in 2004 and helped develop and co-found The Kurdish School of Cinema. http://duhokiff.com/index.php/archive/festival-2011/selection/short-films/item/485-trading-women/485-trading-women