Shawkat Amin Korki

Biography

He was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1973. To join his family, he was forced by Iraqi militia to flee to Iran where he stayed until 1999. During his years in Iran and then when he returned to Iraqi Kurdistan, he began to work for the theatre, television and the cinema. His short films, made between 1997 and 2005, have been presented at many international festivals, winning awards and to an excellent reception. In 2002, he helped organize the first Erbil Short Film Festival. Crossing the Dust, his first feature film, was shown at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2007.
Filmography

1997 – Balloons Fly, cm / 1998 – Trapdoo, cm / 2000 - When it rains, cm / 2002 – Passage, cm / 2003 – Threat, cm / 2006 – Crossing the dust, lm

Movies by Shawkat Amin Korki in Collection

Kick Off (2009) Director Shawkat Amin Korki uses a new method to tell the story of the tragedy of war. Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, lives many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein’s administration. Asu lives with his younger brother who has lost his legs from a landmine. Next door lives Hilin, who has not been able to express her feelings. One of the only sources of happiness for these people who live amid fear of poverty and bombings is soccer. Asu gathers together the Kurdish, Arabs and Turkish in order to hold a soccer match. Although they are of different races, they become close neighbors.