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,

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. 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

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short film ''The Expedition''. The film was well received at Swedish film festivals winning the Frame Film Festival in

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and the Jury's special prize (Lasse Dahlqvist,

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, Fanny Danielsson) at Novemberfestivalen in

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, Sweden. In 2001 Safin directed the short film ''Ingen Återvändo'' Starring

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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,

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, Cecillia Nordlund) at the Novemberfestivalen in

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Filmography

* ''The Expedition'', Animation Short (2000) Sweden - (director, cinematography)] * ''Borta För Alltid'', Short (2001) Sweden - (director, cinematography) * ''Ingen Återvändo'', Short (2001) Sweden - (director, cinematography) * ''Dilemmat'', feature (2001) Sweden - (cinematography) * ''Rec'', Short (2002) Sweden - (cinematography) * ''Guldfisken'', short (2003) Sweden - (director, cinematography) * ''Fester & Rex'', Animation Short (2003) Sweden - (director, cinematography) * ''Bad Day'', short (2006) Kurdistan - (director) * ''Twins'', short (2006) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''A New World'', short (2006) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Newlyweds'', short (2007) Kurdistan - (director, cinematography) * ''Through the Window'', short (2007) Kurdistan - (sound recordist) * ''Old and New'', short (2007) Kurdistan - (sound recordist) * ''Jin ba Jin (trading women)'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (director)] * ''Free Like a Bird'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Broken Mirror'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Bloody Honor'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''You Are Not Alone'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Trauma'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Golden Years'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''The Cell'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''The Challenge'', short (2008) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Trying'', short (2009) - Kurdistan - (director, cinematography) * ''FGM Mustafa Zalmi'', documentary (2011) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Peaceful Coexistence'', documentary (2013) Kurdistan - (cinematography) * ''Risk It All'', music video (2014) Kurdistan - (producer, cinematography) * ''The Life of Street Kids'', short (2014) - (cinematography) * ''Revolution'', music video (2015) Kurdistan - (producer, cinematography) * ''Supas Peshmerga'', documentary (2015) - (cinematography) * ''Mini Library For Refugees'', documentary short, (2014) Kurdistan - (cinematography, editor) * ''Shouted from the rooftops'', short (2016) - (sound recordist)

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

External links

*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1335921/ *http://novemberfestivalen.se/?page_id=25 *http://tidskrift.nu/artikel.php?Id=1035 *https://vimeo.com/user16972040 *https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQeqbvMyM25BTFzQrfFlIYw {{DEFAULTSORT:Taki, Safin Living people 1983 births