Background
He was born in 1981 in Czechoslovakia to immigrant Iraqi parents.
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Education
In 1986 the family immigrated to Denmark where he studied film in the alternative film school Super16.
Career
Ahmad is best known for his award-winning 2010 short film Megaheavy co-written by Ahmad with Jacob Katz Hansen and directed by Ahmad. In 2014, he directed the long feature film Flow (Ækte vare) starring Danish rapper Kian Rosenberg Larsson better known as Gilli. The film was nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at the CPH PIX festival in 2014.
lieutenant was also nominated for the Best Children / Youth film and for Audience Award at the Robert Film The soundtrack for the film with rap music by Gilli, MellemFingaMuzik, Murro, KESI, Højer Øye and South!vas charted peaking at number 8 on the Hitlisten, the official Danish Albums Chart.
Achievements
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Foreign film Megaheavy 2010: Won Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation during 27th Robert in Copenhagen 2010: Won Grand Prix, National Competition, Odense International Film Festival (2010) 2010: Honorable Mention, Stockholm International Film Festival 2010: Special Mention, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010: Nominated for the Crystal Bear, Generation 14plus – Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival Foreign film Ækte vare 2014: Nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at CPH PIX festival 2015: Nominated for Best Children / Youth film, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers)) 2015: Nominated for Audience Award, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers)).
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Awards
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Robert in Copenhagen; Honorable Mention For film Megaheavy 2010: Won Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation during 27th Robert in Copenhagen 2010: Won Grand Prix, National Competition, Odense International Film Festival (2010) 2010: Honorable Mention, Stockholm International Film Festival 2010: Special Mention, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010: Nominated for the Crystal Bear, Generation 14plus – Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival For film Ækte vare 2014: Nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at CPH PIX festival 2015: Nominated for Best Children / Youth film, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers)) 2015: Nominated for Audience Award, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers))Robert in Copenhagen; Honorable Mention For film Megaheavy 2010: Won Robert Award for Best Short Fiction/Animation during 27th Robert in Copenhagen 2010: Won Grand Prix, National Competition, Odense International Film Festival (2010) 2010: Honorable Mention, Stockholm International Film Festival 2010: Special Mention, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010: Nominated for the Crystal Bear, Generation 14plus – Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival For film Ækte vare 2014: Nominated for New Talent Grand PIX at CPH PIX festival 2015: Nominated for Best Children / Youth film, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers)) 2015: Nominated for Audience Award, Robert Film Festival (shared with Morten Kjems Juhl and Nina Bisgaard (co-producers))