Denis Mustafa

Name

Denis Mustafa

Country of residence

Germany

Ethnicity

Roma

Occupation

Roma Filmmaker – Activist

BIO

Denis Mustafa was born in 1996 in Kosovo, is a filmmaker. He made his first film as a trainee when he was 11 years old. He and his older friends made “Jekh Kham Jekh Sel / One Sun One Nation”, a film, that was shown in more than twenty film festivals in Europe, US, and Latin American. In 2010, he made another short film for the Rolling Film Festival called “The Dream Power” and won the Audience Award.
His film “TOXIC FUN”, made in a workshop in Plemetina, Kosovo, was awarded at the DEPOK Film Festival in Budapest. Denis Mustafa sees his future in making documentary films about Roma people. He wants to show his capacities and to be an example for other young Roma filmmakers. With his films he wants to portray the life of Roma in different perspectives and stories of success.

Website

romawood.org