Nawzad Shekhany

Nawzad Shekhany is an internationally renowned German Director, Cinematographer, and Screenwriter, Iraqi origin. He is an awards winners like "Jean Luc Godard Award", Golden Fox Award, Alexandria Film Festival Award, and Hollywood IMPFF Award. One of his major works with international recognition was "The Black Massacre", a documentary about the genocide against the Yazidis. This research-intensive work was even entered as an important contemporary document in the communications register of the International Criminal Court, The Hague. Shekhany has also made a name for himself with numerous film and art projects. An outstanding example is the "Shingal Symphony", which he developed, directed and co-produced. Recently he produced and directed the feature film "Toren", which won 46 Awards in international film festivals, and was nominated for the Academy Awards "Oscars" 2020 in the name of the Republic of Iraq. Shekhany was also honored in Baghdad with the Iraqi Cinema Shield. Shekhany chaired several juries also as a member to nominate best winning films in many international film festivals. He also conveyed his professional experience as a lecturer for workshops and masterclasses in film directing and creativity in making feature films at international film festivals, and in universities. In view of the distinction made by the director Nawzad Shekhany through his works, he was honored in many international festivals, and by various institutions, cultural, and artistic centers. Shekhany is distinguished for his ideas, and he is the owner of important initiatives. He recently founded the "Morocco Line Cinema" in Casablanca, Morocco, and collaborated with other German filmmakers to establish the "CineArts" Production Company in Germany, based in Cologne. Director Nawzad Shekhany worked in joint coordination with some German institutions, and with some production companies and artistic personalities, in order to accomplish film projects about the current reality between the diaspora and the homeland, and about the phenomenon of multiculturalism and civilizations, and humanitarian crises. Shekhany launched the project of interest in young talents, where he succeeded, in cooperation with the Ehrenfeld Cultural and Social Center in the city of Cologne, to establish a group of young people for acting and film industry and to launch a training program to develop their talents. In Belgium, his efforts resulted in the signing of a joint cooperation agreement between the CineArts Production in Germany, the Morocco Line Cinema in Morocco, and the Mosaic Company and Group for Artistic Production and Distribution in Belgium. Awards: Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival * Best foreign Feature * Best Cinematography European Cinematography Awards * Best Director * Best Editing Golden Movie Awards * Best Trailer Calcutta International Cult Film Festival * Best Film on Religion * Outstanding Achievement (Director) * Outstanding Achievement (Feature Film) South Film and Arts Academy Festival * Best Drama * Best Editing * Best Production Design * Best sound Design Cult Critic Movie Awards * Best Feature Film * Best Director * Best Film on Religion * Best Editing * Best Producer * Best Music Video (Film Soundtrack) * Best Trailer Oniros Film Awards * Honorable Mention Eurasia International Film Festival * Best Director Cult Critic Movie Awards * Jean Luc Godard Award New Delhi Film Festival * Top 3rd Feature Film Global Music Awards * Bronze Medal (Film Soundtrack/ Music Video) New York City International Films Infest Festival * (Winner) Film has been selected as a Semi- Finalist San José International Film Awards * Best Feature Film IndieFEST Film Awards * Award of Merit DaVinci Film Festival, Hollywood * (Winner) Film has been selected as a finalist London Film Awards, 2018 * (Winner) - Official Finalist Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, 2019 * Golden Fox Award 2019 Olympus Film Festival * (Winner) Film has been selected as a Semi- Finalist Austria Independent Film festival * Winner/ Film has been selected as a Semi- Finalist Berlin Flash Film Festival * Best Feature Filmmakers World Festival 2019 * (Winner) Film has been selected as a Semi- Finalist Calcutta International Cult Film Festival * Best Feature Award Canada International Film Festival * Best Filmmaker Around International Film Festival - ARFF Amsterdam * (Winner) Film has been selected as a Semi- Finalist European Cinematography Awards * (Winner) Film has been selected as a finalist London International Motion Picture Awards * (Winner) Film has been selected as a Semi- Finalist International Festival of Arab Film * Grand Prize Be Epic! London International Film Festival * (Winner) Film has been selected as a Semi- Finalist Brazil International Film Festival * Best Feature Film Award Alexandria International Film Festival * Best Director Mediterranean Film and Immigration Festival * Audience Award Golden Movie Awards * (Winner) Film has been selected as a finalist Santiago Independent Film Awards * Best Narrative Feature