Fenar Ahmad came to Denmark in 1986 as an Iraqi refugee. At the alternative Danish film school Super16, he directed the short film "Megaheavy," which was selected for the Berlinale and screened at a large number of festivals. The film was honoured with a Danish Robert award for best short fiction. He graduated from Super16 in 2010. In 2014, Ahmad's debut feature film, "Flow," premiered at CPH PIX and screened at London Film Festival. The revenge drama "Darkland" marked his second feature. Since then, he has directed the live action adaptation of the Danish comic series "Valhalla" and a sequel to "Darkland." Ahmad has also directed a few documentary films and music videos.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 13, 1981 (45)
- Brno, Czechoslovakia
- Director, writer and producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Fenar Ahmad's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Fenar Ahmad's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Fenar Ahmad's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Paradis City(2025)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Darkland: The Return(2023)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Darkland(2017)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Flow(2014)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Megaheavy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Perfect Muslim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 2009 to 2023.
How do Fenar Ahmad's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 38/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Fenar Ahmad work with?
People who share at least 2 of Fenar Ahmad's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jens Ole McCoy shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Adam AugustShared titles: Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Adam August
Actors
- Stine Fischer ChristensenShared titles: Darkland: The Return (2023), Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Stine Fischer Christensen
- Dar SalimShared titles: Darkland: The Return (2023), Darkland (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Dar Salim
- Dulfi Al-JabouriShared titles: Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Dulfi Al-Jabouri
- Jacob LohmannShared titles: Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jacob Lohmann
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Jens Ole McCoyShared titles: Paradis City (2025), Darkland: The Return (2023), Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017), Flow (2014)See all 5 shared titles with Jens Ole McCoy
- Kasper LeickShared titles: Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kasper Leick
- Kasper TuxenShared titles: Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kasper Tuxen
Producers
- Ditte MilstedShared titles: Darkland: The Return (2023), Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Ditte Milsted
- Jacob JarekShared titles: Darkland: The Return (2023), Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), Darkland (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Jacob Jarek
- Johnny AndersenShared titles: Darkland: The Return (2023), Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Johnny Andersen