Sami Mustafa, a French-Kosovar Roma born in Pristina in 1984, is an independent documentary filmmaker, producer, and writer. He is the founder of Romawood and the Rolling Film Festival, where he serves as artistic director. He is currently an honorary member of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and www.eriac.org and a member European Film Academy www.europeanfilmacademy.org. His latest film Trapped by Law won best film Award at the New York Film Festival, Discovery Young Talent Award at Cottbus Film Festival numerous nominations. The film was released in Cinema in North East Cinema in Germany and shown on Swedish Television channel YLE as well as Kosovo National Channels. Since 2011 he moved to live in France and hold double nationalities.