HALKAWT MUSTAFA / HIDING SADDAM HUSSEIN
Halkawt Mustafa (b. 1985) was born in Sulaymani, Kurdistan in northern Iraq. He moved to Norway with his family in 2000 and is a Norwegian citizen. His father’s political activism against Saddam and the old established Kurdish parties, necessitated their escape.
In 2000, they arrived in Norway as refugees, eventually settling and becoming Norwegian citizens.He got his education at NISS (Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio),
In 2011, he directed his first feature, the doomed love story Red Heart which went on to screen at many international festivals, and won several awards, and was part of ANA’s inaugural edition.
In 2015, Mustafa directed the acclaimed TV documentary The Women the Islamic State Fears, and in 2016, he directed his second feature El Clasico, which also screened at ANA. It’s the story about two Kurdish brothers who go on a dangerous quest through Iraq to Spain to meet Christiano Ronaldo.
Halkawt Mustafa (b. 1985) was born in Sulaymani, Kurdistan in northern Iraq. He moved to Norway with his family in 2000 and is a Norwegian citizen. His father’s political activism against Saddam and the old established Kurdish parties, necessitated their escape.
In 2000, they arrived in Norway as refugees, eventually settling and becoming Norwegian citizens.He got his education at NISS (Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio),
In 2011, he directed his first feature, the doomed love story Red Heart which went on to screen at many international festivals, and won several awards, and was part of ANA’s inaugural edition.
In 2015, Mustafa directed the acclaimed TV documentary The Women the Islamic State Fears, and in 2016, he directed his second feature El Clasico, which also screened at ANA. It’s the story about two Kurdish brothers who go on a dangerous quest through Iraq to Spain to meet Christiano Ronaldo.
Halkawt Mustafa (b. 1985) was born in Sulaymani, Kurdistan in northern Iraq. He moved to Norway with his family in 2000 and is a Norwegian citizen. His father’s political activism against Saddam and the old established Kurdish parties, necessitated their escape.
In 2000, they arrived in Norway as refugees, eventually settling and becoming Norwegian citizens.He got his education at NISS (Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio),
In 2011, he directed his first feature, the doomed love story Red Heart which went on to screen at many international festivals, and won several awards, and was part of ANA’s inaugural edition.
In 2015, Mustafa directed the acclaimed TV documentary The Women the Islamic State Fears, and in 2016, he directed his second feature El Clasico, which also screened at ANA. It’s the story about two Kurdish brothers who go on a dangerous quest through Iraq to Spain to meet Christiano Ronaldo.