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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ahmed was born on 10 January 1981 in Mogadishu, Somalia. At the age of 16, he moved to Finland as a [[refugee]] with his family.<ref name= ahmed /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cannesissa kilpailee kaksi suomalaista teosta – tänään nähty Guled & Nasra pääsi sarjaan, johon suomalaista pitkää elokuvaa ei ole ennen valittu |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11995563 |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-07 |title=Elokuvat: Suomalaisen Khadar Ahmedin ohjaama Guled & Nasra pääsi Cannesin elokuvajuhlille – Ensimmäinen pitkä suomalaiselokuva, joka esitetään festivaalin arvostetussa kriitikkosarjassa |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008033759.html |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>
Ahmed was born on 10 January 1981 in Mogadishu, Somalia. At the age of 16, he moved to Finland as a [[refugee]] with his family.<ref name= ahmed /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cannesissa kilpailee kaksi suomalaista teosta – tänään nähty Guled & Nasra pääsi sarjaan, johon suomalaista pitkää elokuvaa ei ole ennen valittu |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11995563 |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Yle Uutiset |date=7 July 2021 |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-07 |title=Elokuvat: Suomalaisen Khadar Ahmedin ohjaama Guled & Nasra pääsi Cannesin elokuvajuhlille – Ensimmäinen pitkä suomalaiselokuva, joka esitetään festivaalin arvostetussa kriitikkosarjassa |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008033759.html |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
In 2008, he wrote the script of the short film ''Citizens'' where he also worked as the second assistant director.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khadar Ayderus Ahmed |url=https://moviefit.me/fr/persons/151052-khadar-ahmed |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Moviefit |language=fr}}</ref> Then in 2014, he directed the first short ''Me ei vietetä joulua'' which received critics acclaim. He later directed two more short films ''Yövaras'' (2017) and ''The Killing of Cahceravga'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balaga |first=Marta |date=2021-09-15 |title=‘Finnish Cinema Is So White,’ Says ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ Helmer Khadar Ayderus Ahmed |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/the-gravediggers-wife-khadar-ayderus-ahmed-1235065872/ |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2008, he wrote the script of the short film ''Citizens'' where he also worked as the second assistant director.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} Then in 2014, he directed the first short ''Me ei vietetä joulua'' which received critics acclaim. He later directed two more short films ''Yövaras'' (2017) and ''The Killing of Cahceravga'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bałaga |first=Marta |date=2021-09-15 |title='Finnish Cinema Is So White,' Says 'The Gravedigger's Wife' Helmer Khadar Ayderus Ahmed |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/the-gravediggers-wife-khadar-ayderus-ahmed-1235065872/ |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2021, Ahmed directed his maiden film ''Guled & Nasra'', which is internationally known as ''The Gravedigger's Wife''. The film premiered in July 2021 at the Cannes Film Festival in the Semaine internationale de la critique. The film received critics acclaim and screened in many film festivals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nesselson2021-07-07T10:52:00+01:00 |first=Lisa |title=‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’: Cannes Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-gravediggers-wife-cannes-review/5161184.article |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Screen |language=en}}</ref> Later the film received two nominations at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for Critics' Week Grand Prize and Golden Camera. The film was also nominated for the Grand-Prix Award under the International Competition at the Kyiv International Short Film Festival. Then in the same year, he was again nominated for the Amplify Voices Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khadar Ahmed accolades |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5929671/awards |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=IMDb}}</ref> The film became the first Academy Award submission from Somalia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Totengräber von Dschibuti |url=https://www.moin-filmfoerderung.de/de/Magazin/Interviews/2021/20210607-the-gravediggers-wife-cannes.php |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yossman |first=Patrick Frater,Leo Barraclough,K J. |last2=Frater |first2=Patrick |last3=Barraclough |first3=Leo |last4=Yossman |first4=K. J. |date=2021-10-06 |title=Oscars Race: Taiwan Selects ‘The Falls’ for International Feature Film Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/international-feature-oscar-2021-submissions-1235066208/ |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2021, Ahmed directed his maiden film ''Guled & Nasra'', which is internationally known as ''[[The Gravedigger's Wife]]''. The film premiered in July 2021 in the [[Critics' Week]] section at the [[2021 Cannes Film Festival|74th Cannes Film Festival]], where it was nominated for the Critics' Week Grand Prize and [[Caméra d'Or]]. The film received critics acclaim and screened in many film festivals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nesselson2021-07-07T10:52:00+01:00 |first=Lisa |title='The Gravedigger's Wife': Cannes Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-gravediggers-wife-cannes-review/5161184.article |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Screen |language=en}}</ref> The film was also nominated for the Grand-Prix Award under the International Competition at the [[Kyiv International Short Film Festival]]. Then in the same year, he was again nominated for the [[Toronto International Film Festival Amplify Voices Award|Amplify Voices Award]] at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khadar Ahmed accolades |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5929671/awards |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=IMDb}}</ref> The film became the first [[List of Somalian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Somali submission]] for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Totengräber von Dschibuti |url=https://www.moin-filmfoerderung.de/de/Magazin/Interviews/2021/20210607-the-gravediggers-wife-cannes.php |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein |date=7 June 2021 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Yossman |first1=Patrick Frater,Leo Barraclough,K J. |last2=Frater |first2=Patrick |last3=Barraclough |first3=Leo |last4=Yossman |first4=K. J. |date=2021-10-06 |title=Oscars Race: Taiwan Selects 'The Falls' for International Feature Film Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/international-feature-oscar-2021-submissions-1235066208/ |access-date=2021-10-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Favourite films ==
In 2022, Ahmed participated in the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' film polls of that year. It is held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, by asking contemporary directors to select ten films of their choice.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/khadar-ayderus-ahmed | title=Khadar Ayderus Ahmed &#124; BFI }}</ref>

Ahmed selections were:

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* ''[[Yojimbo]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Central Station (film)|Central do Brasil]]'' (1998)
* ''[[In the Mood for Love]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Timbuktu (2014 film)|Timbuktu]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Fire (1996 film)|Fire]]'' (1996)
* ''[[A Screaming Man]] '' (2010)
* ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989)
* ''[[City of God (2002 film)|The City of God]] '' (2002)
* ''[[Today (2012 film)|Aujourd'hui]]'' (2012)
{{div col end}}


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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| 2008 || ''Citizens'' || Second assistant director, Writer || Short film||
| 2008 || ''Citizens'' || Second assistant director, Writer || Short film||
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| 2014 || ''Me ei vietetä joulua'' || Director, Writer || Short film||
| 2014 || ''Me ei vietetä joulua'' || Director, writer || Short film||
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| 2017 || ''Unexpected Journey'' || Screenwriter, Story || Film||
| 2017 || ''Unexpected Journey'' || Screenwriter, Story || Film||
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| 2017 || ''Yövaras'' || Director, Writer|| Short film||
| 2017 || ''Yövaras'' || Director, writer|| Short film||
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| 2019 || ''The Killing of Cahceravga'' || Director, writer || Short film||
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| 2021 || ''[[The Gravedigger's Wife]]'' || Director, writer|| Film||
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== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
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!Category
!Work
!Result
!Ref
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| rowspan="3" |2021
| rowspan="3" |[[17th Africa Movie Academy Awards|Africa Movie Academy Awards]]
|[[Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="3" |''The Gravedigger's Wife''
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3" |<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Banjo |first=Noah |date=2021-10-29 |title=FULL LIST: Ayinla, Omo Ghetto: The Saga bag multiple nominations at AMAA 2021 |url=https://punchng.com/full-list-ayinla-omo-ghetto-the-saga-bag-multiple-nominations-at-amaa-2021/ |access-date=2021-10-30 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film in an African Language|Best Film in An African Language]]
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| 2019 || ''The Killing of Cahceravga'' || Director, Writer || Short film||
|{{won}}
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|Best First Feature Film by a Director
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| 2021 || ''[[The Gravedigger's Wife]]'' || Director, Writer|| Film||
|{{nom}}
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Latest revision as of 23:22, 30 August 2024

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Born
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed

(1981-01-10) 10 January 1981 (age 43)
Mogadishu, Somalia
NationalitySomali
Finnish
Occupation(s)Director, Writer, Assistant director
Years active2008–present

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed (born 10 January 1981), is a Finnish-Somali director and writer.[1] He is best known for directing the feature film The Gravedigger's Wife.[2][3]

Personal life

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Ahmed was born on 10 January 1981 in Mogadishu, Somalia. At the age of 16, he moved to Finland as a refugee with his family.[2][4][5]

Career

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In 2008, he wrote the script of the short film Citizens where he also worked as the second assistant director.[citation needed] Then in 2014, he directed the first short Me ei vietetä joulua which received critics acclaim. He later directed two more short films Yövaras (2017) and The Killing of Cahceravga (2018).[6]

In 2021, Ahmed directed his maiden film Guled & Nasra, which is internationally known as The Gravedigger's Wife. The film premiered in July 2021 in the Critics' Week section at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Critics' Week Grand Prize and Caméra d'Or. The film received critics acclaim and screened in many film festivals.[7] The film was also nominated for the Grand-Prix Award under the International Competition at the Kyiv International Short Film Festival. Then in the same year, he was again nominated for the Amplify Voices Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.[8] The film became the first Somali submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.[9][10]

Favourite films

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In 2022, Ahmed participated in the Sight & Sound film polls of that year. It is held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, by asking contemporary directors to select ten films of their choice.[11]

Ahmed selections were:

Filmography

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Year Film Role Genre Ref.
2008 Citizens Second assistant director, Writer Short film
2014 Me ei vietetä joulua Director, writer Short film
2017 Unexpected Journey Screenwriter, Story Film
2017 Yövaras Director, writer Short film
2019 The Killing of Cahceravga Director, writer Short film
2021 The Gravedigger's Wife Director, writer Film

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2021 Africa Movie Academy Awards Best Director The Gravedigger's Wife Nominated [12]
Best Film in An African Language Won
Best First Feature Film by a Director Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "SPLA: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed". Spla. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed : La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ "'We are a nation of stories and poems': Khadar Ayderus Ahmed on The Gravedigger's Wife". Seventh Row. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Cannesissa kilpailee kaksi suomalaista teosta – tänään nähty Guled & Nasra pääsi sarjaan, johon suomalaista pitkää elokuvaa ei ole ennen valittu". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Elokuvat: Suomalaisen Khadar Ahmedin ohjaama Guled & Nasra pääsi Cannesin elokuvajuhlille – Ensimmäinen pitkä suomalaiselokuva, joka esitetään festivaalin arvostetussa kriitikkosarjassa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. ^ Bałaga, Marta (15 September 2021). "'Finnish Cinema Is So White,' Says 'The Gravedigger's Wife' Helmer Khadar Ayderus Ahmed". Variety. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. ^ Nesselson2021-07-07T10:52:00+01:00, Lisa. "'The Gravedigger's Wife': Cannes Review". Screen. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Khadar Ahmed accolades". IMDb. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Die Totengräber von Dschibuti". MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (in German). 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. ^ Yossman, Patrick Frater,Leo Barraclough,K J.; Frater, Patrick; Barraclough, Leo; Yossman, K. J. (6 October 2021). "Oscars Race: Taiwan Selects 'The Falls' for International Feature Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved 8 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Khadar Ayderus Ahmed | BFI".
  12. ^ Banjo, Noah (29 October 2021). "FULL LIST: Ayinla, Omo Ghetto: The Saga bag multiple nominations at AMAA 2021". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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