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

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

Review: Imad's Childhood

Review: Imad's Childhood

Zahavi Sanjavi's devastating documentary looks at the consequences of ISIS captivity on a young Yazidi boy and his family  

05/07/2021 | Docaviv 2021

Haider Rashid’s Europa to travel to the Directors’ Fortnight

Haider Rashid’s Europa to travel to the Directors’ Fortnight

The Italian-Iraqi director’s feature film which recounts an escape along the so-called “Balkan route” has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival  

14/06/2021 | Production | Funding | Italy/Kuwait/Iraq

Review: The End Will Be Spectacular

Review: The End Will Be Spectacular

Ersin Çelik uses the 100-day resistance campaign in Diyarbakir, which started in November 2015, to highlight the divisions between the Turkish authorities and the Kurds  

27/01/2020 | IFFR 2020 | Perspectives

Review: Baghdad In My Shadow

Review: Baghdad In My Shadow

Adopting a characteristically lucid and multifaceted approach, Samir addresses the complex and sensitive subject of exile  

13/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Out of Competition

Mohamed Al-Daradji  • Director

Interview: Mohamed Al-Daradji • Director

“Dialogue is the most effective way to deal with extreme violence”

TORONTO 2017: We chatted to Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji, who presented his third film, The Journey, in Contemporary World Cinema at Toronto  

21/09/2017

Bekas

The young Swedish filmmaker of Kurdish origin recounts his childhood exile through a great comedy.  

23/11/2012 | Films | Reviews

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