User:Kurd4films

Havi Ibrahim is a British-based film director originally from the Kurdish region of Iraq. He moved to the United Kingdom in 2001 and studied Contemporary Fine Art at the University of Lincoln. He then finished his BA (Hons) in Television and Film Design, also at the University of Lincoln. Two years after finishing his BA, Havi completed a Master’s Degree in Media and Communications on the subject of Cinema and Film Productions at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2014. His first film was the featured Kurdish animated work entitled The Legend of Kawa the Blacksmith (2009), with versions in both Kurdish and English that were released through Elevation Sales on DVDs. His films have been screened at several film festivals around the world, including the RTS Student Awards 2009 where he was a runner-up in both the fiction and factual categories. Havi Ibrahim was also a Jury Member at the 6th London Kurdish Film Festival in November 2009. He is now working as an independent film director, animator, editor and producer. His short film entitled Hello Britannia was selected by the BBC Film network. Aram is the latest short film which has been written, directed and produced by Havi Ibrahim, in association with Astor productions. Havi Ibrahim's work is largley inspired by his own culture and, much of the time, deals with Kurdish issues or subjects around the plight of the Kurds. This approach has enabled him to be more creative and allowed him to express himself by forming something that is genuine and unique and had not existed before. He is inspired by and a huge fan of those film directors who have found it very difficult, for a number of reasons, to bring their stories to the screen and who therefore have had to explore new metaphorical ways to express themselves and respond to the needs of the audience.