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He was born in Teheran, Iran, but later fled the country due to the Iran-Irak war (1985) and ended up in Germany before seeking asylum in Sweden the same year. He then began a journey in 1994 that brought him to L.A. where he attended classes in Van Mar Academy Acting classes 1996. His passion for story telling got him an entry to the New York Film Academy in the year 2000 and was graduated as a film director. As a writer, director, lead role and producer of “Sanctuary”, this is his heaviest attendance, involvement and most contemporary film yet.

Alex Afshar is an independent movie director, living in Gothenburg, Sweden. He started his movie career in 2005. Since then he has directed ten short films and two music videos, and has been involved in many other movie projects as lighting supervisor, cameraman and editor. Alex has made movies in different genres and styles. He has made poetic drama, comedy, thriller, mystery and criminal short films. Nonetheless, his main focus is in poetic and feelgood movies.

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu was 19 years old at the time of the September 12th, 1980 military coup. He spent 8 years in jail for political reasons between 1980 – 1991. During his periods of freedom, he completed his degree in journalism. He worked nearly 30 years as a journalist at various newspapers and television stations.  He received 2 awards for investigative journalism from the Progressive Journalists Association. “BAKUR” is the director’s first feature length documentary.