O Sami Mustafa si bijamo ande Plemetina, Kosovo ko 1984-to bersh. Vov si independentno dokumentarno filmongo rezhiseri thaj producenti. Vov si jekh kotar e manusha so kerdine [Romawood link intern: Romawood] (2007), produkcijako kher savo fokusirinela pes upral e Rromane tematura thaj Rromani populacija. Vov inicirindas »Jekh Kham Jekh Sel« / »One Sun One Nation« projekto (2007), o Rolling Film Festival (kotar 2009) thaj membro ande International Romani Film Commission fostering Roma Cinema. Dureder, vov kerel buchi vi sar filmosko tutoro thaj dela shajipe e terne Rromenge te sichon thaj te sikaven pengere dzivdipena, eksperience thaj identiteti trujal e arteskere metode, thaj kodolesar vi e dokumentarno filmoncar.
Vov sar manush so sichol pesko avguno filmo kerdas ko 2003-to bersh ande Plemetina. Kotar kodi vrama vov producirindas, rezhirindas thaj skrinisardas buteder sar pinda skurto dokumentarno filmura thaj duj lungelentakere filmura.
Mustafa delas godzi thaj programirinelas filmura specijalno fokusesar upral e Rromane filmura pe diferentno festivalura ande Europa sar so si; Cineromani, Motovun FF, IRAF te del nekobor.
Ko 2011-to bersh, vov gelas ande Lyon, France. Olesko avguno lungo filmo, »Trapped by Law«, sasa sikavdino ko 2015-to bersh. O filmo si storija vash e duj rap Rromane phralja save so sasa deportirime trujal rachi ande Kosovo thaj e phralja jekhvaratar avile kodo so shoha naj sas angeder – Kosovarura. O filmo sasa nominirime ko but filmengere festivalija (Jihlava, Kassel Dokfest).
Filmografijaphy / Prizura
2017 Over the Sea, pre-production
2015 Trapped by Law, Kosovo/Germany
nomination for Best Central and Eastern European Documentary at Jihlava Film Festival
nomination for Best Director, Young Talent Award and Golden Key at Kasseler Dokfest
screened at This Human World International Film Festival, Vienna, Balkan Florence Express, Dok.Fest München 2016, Human District Festival, Belgrade 2016, Jacob Burns Film Centre, New York 2016, Astra Film Festival 2016
2014 Fogy Purge, France
2014 Discovery Young Talent Award in Cottbus as part of the Berlin Film Festival.
2012 Learn to Discover, Montenegro, UWC Adriatic
2011 To become Slovenian: Sejdo, Slovenia
2010 Never Back Home, Kosovo
2010 Sar Thuvf (Like Smoke), Slovenia, Best Director Award at 2014 Golden Wheel Film Festival in Skopje
2009 Mangipe (Engagement), Slovenia
2007 One Sun One Nation, Kosovo
2006 Road To Home, Kosovo, Critique’s Week at 2007 Cannes Film Festival
2005 Four Changes, Kosovo, fourth best short documentary by Dosta! Campaign against Roma Prejudice
Producer
2014 Three Rooms of Hope
2011 Pink House
2011 Toxic Fun, DEPOK Film Festival Merit Award
2011 The Impossible Film, Kosovo B
2010 The Dream Power, RFF Audience Award
2010 Songs and School, best short documentary at 2011 Nova Svetlost Film Festival
2007 Through Bihac
Cinematographer / Editor
2006 Both-Bosnian, 8 minutes
2006 Echo
2004 Who do You Love
2005 What you Give is What you Get
2004 Where Is She Going, 28 minutes
2003 Welcome to Plemetina