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22 articles available in total starting from 15/11/2011. Last article published on 09/09/2026.

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Halkawt Mustafa • Director of No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

Interview: Halkawt Mustafa • Director of No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

“The film’s originality very much lies in the fact that it was shot where it was shot”

VENICE 2026: The Norwegian-Kurdish director breaks down the origins of his hard-hitting story about a young Peshmerga fighter in search of her sister, captured by ISIS  

09/09 | Venice 2026 | Venice Open Out of Competition

Review: No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

Review: No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman

VENICE 2026: Halkawt Mustafa brings us a hard-hitting, action-packed but humanitarian account of Kurdish Islamic State-hunting  

08/09 | Venice 2026 | Venice Open Out of Competition

Review: Hijra

Review: Hijra

The second film by Shahad Ameen is a poignant road movie and a portrait of two generations of Saudi women  

16/12/2025 | Red Sea 2025

Review: Irkalla – Gilgamesh’s Dream

Review: Irkalla – Gilgamesh’s Dream

Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji takes us onto the streets of Baghdad, where children have to fend for themselves if they want to survive the constant turmoil  

14/08/2025 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

Review: Songs of Adam

Review: Songs of Adam

In his third film, Oday Rasheed explores the contemporary history of Iraq through the eyes of a child for whom time has come to a standstill  

18/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024

Review: Immortals

Review: Immortals

Maja Tschumi’s film, written together with its two protagonists, gives voice and body to the hopes of those who participated to the 2019 protest movement in Iraq  

22/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024

Review: Hiding Saddam Hussein

Review: Hiding Saddam Hussein

Ever heard a man call Saddam Hussein his friend? Meeting said person is one of the main reasons to watch this otherwise conventional documentary by Halkawt Mustafa  

04/12/2023 | Red Sea 2023

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director of Baghdad Messi

Interview: Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director of Baghdad Messi

"This story is a metaphor for the way the Iraqi dream has been annihilated"

We met with the Belgian-Kurdish director who chose to reinvent his hit, short film and turn it into a feature film  

03/02/2023 | /Belgium/Netherlands/Iraq

Review: Baghdad Messi

Review: Baghdad Messi

Sahim Omar Kalifa pleads for the preservation of the Iraqi people’s lost dreams, depicting the singular trajectory of a football-crazy little boy who’ll do anything to keep his passion afloat  

02/02/2023 | Films | Reviews | Belgium/Netherlands/Iraq

Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging Gardens

Interview: Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji • Director of Hanging Gardens

“I think the new generation will accept this film; the radicals will be upset”

VENICE 2022: Inspired by De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, the Iraqi director takes a look at his “unbalanced” home country  

14/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti Extra

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