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Iraq

18 articles available in total starting from 15/11/2011. Last article published on 18/12/2024.

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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

Review: Hanging Gardens

Review: Hanging Gardens

VENICE 2022: A spectacular find among the rubble of post-war Baghdad causes disruption, unrest and hilarity in Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji’s film  

12/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti Extra

Shawkat Amin Korki • Director of The Exam

Interview: Shawkat Amin Korki • Director of The Exam

"The problems in the educational system are not an issue only in Kurdistan"

The Kurdish director discusses his Crystal Globe competition entry, a tiny drama set in Iraqi Kurdistan about a young woman trying to control her own life  

31/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Review: The Exam

Review: The Exam

In Shawkat Amin Korki’s engaging drama, nobody passes with flying colours  

30/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Review: Europa

Review: Europa

CANNES 2021: Armed with a thriller-like pace, Haider Rashid’s film plunges the viewer into the living nightmare of a hunted immigrant on the border between Turkey and Bulgaria  

15/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight

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