Safin Taki
Safin Taki is a Kurdish-Swedish producer, director and cinematographer. 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, Söderhamn. 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 stop-motion animation short film The Expedition. The film was well received at Swedish film festivals winning the Frame Film Festival in Skövde and the Jury's special prize at Novemberfestivalen in Trollhättan, Sweden. In 2001 Safin directed the short film Ingen Återvändo Starring Martin Wallström and Niklas Grussell. The movie was awarded the Swedish Film Institutes "Zoom Priset" and the award for best male performances by the jury at the Novemberfestivalen in Trollhättan].
Filmography
The Expedition, Animation Short Sweden - ]Borta För Alltid, Short Sweden - Ingen Återvändo, Short Sweden - Dilemmat, feature Sweden - Rec, Short Sweden - Guldfisken, short Sweden - Fester & Rex, Animation Short Sweden - Bad Day, short Kurdistan - Twins, short Kurdistan - A New World, short Kurdistan - Newlyweds, short Kurdistan - Through the Window, short Kurdistan - Old and New, short Kurdistan - Jin ba Jin , short Kurdistan - ]Free Like a Bird, short Kurdistan - Broken Mirror, short Kurdistan - Bloody Honor, short Kurdistan - You Are Not Alone, short Kurdistan - Trauma, short Kurdistan - Golden Years, short Kurdistan - The Cell, short Kurdistan - The Challenge, short Kurdistan - Trying, short - Kurdistan - FGM Mustafa Zalmi, documentary Kurdistan - Peaceful Coexistence, documentary Kurdistan - Risk It All, music video Kurdistan - The Life of Street Kids, short - Revolution, music video Kurdistan - Supas Peshmerga, documentary - Mini Library For Refugees, documentary short, Kurdistan - Shouted from the rooftops, short -