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 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 for 2010 during the 27th Robert Awards 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.[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]

In 2017 his second feature Darkland (Underverden)[8] [9][10] premiered and topped the Danish Box Office reaching over 180,000 admissions.[11] The film stars Dar Salim 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, Roland Møller, Dulfi Al-Jabouri and B. Branco from MellemFingaMuzik. Jens Ole Wowk McCoy from the Danish group Ukendt Kunstner did the score which was released following the Danish release. The film has been sold to multiple territories internationally.[12]

Filmography
Feature films
Short films (fiction)
  • 2007: Paragraf 15
  • 2008: Mesopotamia
  • 2009: Megaheavy
  • 2010: Torshammer
Documentaries
  • 2007: Nice to Meet You
  • 2009: Rejsecirkus
  • 2009: Den Perfekte Muslim
  • 2009: Climaniacs (anthology)

Awards
For film Megaheavy
For film Flow or 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
  1. Malene Tabart Lehmann Andersen. "Debutinstruktør på CPH PIX: Sjovt det startede med et fissehul" (in Danish). Politiken.dk. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  2. "Flow (Aekte vare): Copenhagen Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  3. Elisabeth Cecilie Munck og Ole Blegvad (3 April 2014). "Rap-filmen Ækte Vare handler mere om venskab end indvandrermiljø". DR.
  4. Elsa Keslassy (2015-02-01). "Scandinavian Cinema Energized by Newcomers". Variety. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  5. IMDb awards page – Fenar Ahmad
  6. danishcharts.dk: GILLI – ÆKTE VARE album page
  7. "Rapperen Gilli i sin første hovedrolle på film".
  8. Elsa Keslassy (2015-08-17). "New Nordic Films' Co-Production Forum Runs Wide Gamut". Variety. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  9. "Filmen om Batman fra Albertslund er både genrestærk overdrivelse og ægte følelser". Politiken. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  10. "Underverden er den ægte vare". Berlingske. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  11. "Fenar Ahmad's 'Darkland' Wins Over Danish Box Office". Variety. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  12. "Danish Darkland sells to UK, Japan, China". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
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