No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman
2026
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Halkawt Mustafa
Director
Halkawt Mustafa is an Iraqi Kurdish filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. He moved to Norway in 2000, where he studied filmmaking at the Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio (NISS).
He made his feature directorial debut with Red Heart (2011), followed by El Clásico (2016), Iraq’s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
Where to start: No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman (2026).
