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Awards

Sahim Omar Kalifa

25 wins & 22 nominations

Berlin Interfilm Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2014 Winner Best Film
    • 'Confrontations' Best Short
    • Baghdad Messi

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Land of the Heroes (2011)
    2011 Winner Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk - Special Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Land of the Heroes

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Land of the Heroes (2011)
    2012 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Short Film
    • Land of the Heroes

Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2014 Nominee Jury Special Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2017 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Zagros
  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2017 Winner Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Zagros
    Shared with: Dries Phlypo · Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

Gijón International Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Best Short Film
    • International competition
    • Baghdad Messi

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Bad Hunter (2013)
    2014 Nominee First Prize (Short Films)
    • Bad Hunter
  • Bad Hunter (2013)
    2014 Winner Jury Prize (Short Films)
    • Bad Hunter

International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2018 Nominee Audience Award
    • IFFR Audience Award
    • Zagros
    -Eighth Place

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2023 Nominee The Belt and Road Film Week
    • Audience Choice Award for Film
    • Baghdad Messi
  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2023 Nominee The Belt and Road Film Week
    • Media Choice Award for Film
    • Baghdad Messi

Tampere Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2014 Winner Diploma of Merit
    • International Competition
    • Baghdad Messi
    Fiction

Urbanworld Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2013 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi
    International Competition

Huesca Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2013 Nominee Golden Danzante
    • Best Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi

Ale Kino! - International Young Audience Film Festival

  • Land of the Heroes (2011)
    2011 Winner Special Mention by the Jury
    • Land of the Heroes

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival

  • Bad Hunter (2013)
    2015 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Bad Hunter

Arpa International Film Festival

  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Feature Narrative Film Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Baghdad Messi
  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Director Award
    • Best Director
    • Baghdad Messi

Leuven International Short Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2012 2nd Place Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Baghdad Messi

Dubai International Film Festival

  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2017 Nominee Muhr Arab Award
    • Best Director - Feature
    • Zagros
  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2017 Nominee Muhr Award
    • Best Fiction Feature
    • Zagros
    Shared with: Dries Phlypo · Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
  • Bad Hunter (2013)
    2014 Nominee Muhr Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Bad Hunter
  • Bad Hunter (2013)
    2014 Winner Muhr Special Jury Prize
    • Short Film
    • Bad Hunter
  • Land of the Heroes (2011)
    2011 2nd Place Muhr Arab Award
    • Short
    • Land of the Heroes

Baghdad International Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2013 Winner First Prize
    • Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2015 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award
    • Baghdad Messi

Winter Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2014 Winner Award of Excellence
    • Best Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi

Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

  • Land of the Heroes (2011)
    2011 Winner Grand Prize Jury Award
    • Land of the Heroes

Duhok International Film Festival

  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2018 Winner Golden Leaf
    • Best Film
    • Zagros
    Shared with: Dries Phlypo · Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

Piélagos en Corto - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Ficción

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2014 Winner Dunas de Liencres
    • Best Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi
  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2014 Winner Costa Quebrada
    • Best Screenplay
    • Baghdad Messi
    Shared with: Kobe Van Steenberghe

Busan International Short Film Festival

  • Land of the Heroes (2011)
    2011 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Land of the Heroes
  • Land of the Heroes (2011)
    2011 Winner Festival Prize
    • Land of the Heroes

Regiofun - International Festival Of Film Producers

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2013 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi

Film Festival Oostende

  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2024 Nominee Ensor
    • Best Director (Beste Regie)
    • Baghdad Messi
  • Bethann Hardison in Invisible Beauty (2023)
    2024 Nominee Ensor
    • Best Documentary (Beste Documentaire)
    • Invisible Beauty
    Shared with: Jurgen Buedts
  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2023 Nominee Look Prize
    • Best Film
    • Baghdad Messi
  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2018 Winner Ensor
    • Best Film (Beste Film)
    • Zagros
    Shared with: Dries Phlypo · Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2018 Winner Ensor
    • Best Screenplay (Beste Scenario)
    • Zagros
    Shared with: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

Beirut International Film Festival

  • Baghdad Messi (2012)
    2013 2nd Place Festival Prize
    • Short Film
    • Baghdad Messi

Annonay International Festival of First Films

  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2018 Winner Audience Award
    • Zagros
    Shared with: Dries Phlypo · Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience SCHLiNGEL

  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2023 Winner Award of the Junior Jury
    • Best International Feature Film in the Category "Junior Film"
    • Baghdad Messi

Asian World Film Festival

  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2024 Nominee AWFF Award
    • Best Film
    • Baghdad Messi

OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival

  • Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah and Atheer Adel in Baghdad Messi (2023)
    2025 Nominee Jury Grand Prize
    • OKO GLOBAL FICTION
    • Baghdad Messi

Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF)

  • Feyyaz Duman and Halima Ilter in Zagros (2017)
    2018 Nominee National Competition
    • Best Belgian Film
    • Zagros

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