Shawkat Amin Korki

Shawkat Amin Korki was born in 1973. Originally from Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan, he and his family fled from the Iraqi military oppression to Iran in 1975 where they lived in exile for 25 years. Korki studied cinema in Iran and gained international recognition in 2006 with the completion of his feature debut “Crossing the Dust” in Iraqi Kurdistan. The film premiered at Rotterdam International Film Festival. Korki’s greatest success to date has been “Memories on Stone” (2014), the official Oscar entry from Iraq. His movies were presented at world famous film festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Busan, Cairo, Melbourne, Santa Barbara, Edinburgh, Tallinn, Göteborg, Hong Kong and many more.