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List Of Iraqi Films
An A-Z list of films produced in Iraq: 0-9 * 2:30 min (2016) A *Ahlaam (2005) *Alia et Issam (1948) *Amira wal-nahr, al- (1982) *Ana Al-Irak (1961) *Another Day (1978) *Aouda il al Rif, Al (1963) *Arouss Al-Phurate (1956) *Arzu ile Kamber (1952) *Ashiq, al- (1985) *Asuar, al- (1979) * Ayyam al-tawila, al- (1980) * Alhodood Almultahebah (1986) B *Basra sa'a Hidash (1963) *Babel habibiti (1988) *Back to Babylon (film) (Retour à Babylone) (2002) *Boy of Baghdad (2004) *Bekhal's Tears (2005) Kurdish *Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq, The (2005) * Bekas (2012) Kurdish C *Churches in Iraq (1988) *Clash of Loyalties (1983) *El clásico (2015) D *Dawn of the World (L'Aube du monde) (2008) *Doktor Hassan, Al (1960) *Dol (2007) kurdish * The Dreams of Sparrows (2005) E *Europa (2021) H *Heroes Are Born Twice (1977) *Houses in That Alley (1978) *Hudud al Multahiba, al- (1986) I * In My Mother's Arms (2011) * Iraq: War, Love, God & Madness (2010) *Iraq in Fragments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to Iraq–Jordan border, the southwest and Syria to Iraq–Syria border, the west. The Capital city, capital and largest city is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Iraqi Arabs, Kurds, Iraqi Turkmen, Turkmens, Assyrian people, Assyrians, Armenians in Iraq, Armenians, Yazidis, Mandaeans, Iranians in Iraq, Persians and Shabaks, Shabakis with similarly diverse Geography of Iraq, geography and Wildlife of Iraq, wildlife. The vast majority of the country's 44 million residents are Muslims – the notable other faiths are Christianity in Iraq, Christianity, Yazidism, Mandaeism, Yarsanism and Zoroastrianism. The official langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In My Mother's Arms
''In My Mother's Arms (Fi Ahdan Ummi)'' is a 2011 Iraqi film. Written and directed by Atia Al Daradji and Mohamed Al-Daradji, it stars Husham Al Thabe, Saif Slaam and Mohamed Wael; and was produced by Isabelle Stead and Atia Al Daradji. The film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. Plot Stead and Draadji filmed Husham Al Thabe Theas as he undertook a nine-month journey to support 32 orphans, and portrays the day-to-day life that these orphans lead in the small house that Husham rents and runs with donations from volunteers who share his intent. It shows the children laughing and playing, and it shows their times of despair. It portrays the troubles that Husham goes through in order to run his orphanage while supporting his own family. His troubles multiply when the house-owner asks Husham to leave the house. “In My Mother’s Arms” is the theme song of the film and is sung by the children to distract themselves from their misery. Cast * Husham A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Iraqis
''We Iraqis'' (2004) is a documentary film written and directed by the Iraqi-French film director Abbas Fahdel. The film shows daily life in Baghdad, just before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The fears and hopes of a people that is emerging from the nightmare of a dictatorship only to fall into chaos. * French title: ''Nous les Irakiens'' * Arabic title: نحن العراقيون Synopsis Daily life in Baghdad, in a home like many others, that of the director's brother. The preparations waiting for the outbreak of war, the comments in front of the images on TV, stocking up on food, the difficulty of the children to go to school ... After the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, the director returned to Baghdad and meets the people. "''I came to film death, but life got the upper hand''". Awards * Mention of the Jury, 15th African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, Milan, Italy, 2005 See also *Cinema of Iraq *Iraqi culture The Culture of Iraq (Arabic: ثقافة ا ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices Of Iraq
''Voices of Iraq'' is a 2004 documentary film about Iraq, created by distributing cameras to the subjects of a film, thus enabling subjects to film themselves. To preserve its innovative filmmaking, ''Voices of Iraq'' was added to the permanent collection of Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. Producer Eric Manes explained, "Without Iraqis as the directors, we would have seen Iraq and its people only through the filter of Western eyes. We certainly would not have had the access or the emotional intimacy that was captured in the film." Euphrates, an Iraqi Anglo hip-hop group, scored the soundtrack. The film was released theatrically in the United States and internationally and created a new genre of filmmaking termed Documentary swarm. Production ''Movie Maker Magazine'' asked the producers, "Voices of Iraq is truly a groundbreaking film—both in terms of its content and the process behind its production. What was your main mission in creating this film?" Eric Mane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of Babylon
''Son of Babylon'' ( ar, ابن بابل) is a 2010 Iraqi drama film directed, produced and co-written by Mohamed Al-Daradji, Variety's Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the year 2010. The film was developed through The Sundance Institute and was selected as Iraq's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist. Plot The film is set initially in Northern Iraq, 2003, two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother. On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from the Gulf war in 1991. From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims, on all too similar journeys. Struggling to understand his grandmother's search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten foots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Qadisiyya
''Al Qadisiyya'' is a 1981 Iraqi drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. The historical film was produced in tandem with Egypt and with Iraq’s Cinema and Theatre Department. Plot The film portrays the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, in which the Islamic army of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (after the death beforehand of Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha) definitively ended the Sassanid Empire by defeating the Persian forces of Rostam Farrokhzad. Cast * Soad Hosny * Ezzat El Alaili (as Sohrab) * Shetha Salim * Laila Taher * Mohamed Hassan Al Joundi (as Rustam) * Mohamed Almansour * Omar Khalfah * Sa'dia Zeidi Production The cost of production was estimated at 4 million Iraqi dinar The Iraqi dinar () (Arabic language, Arabic: دينار; currency sign, sign: ID in Latin alphabet, Latin, د.ع in Arabic script, Arabic; ISO 4217, code: IQD) is the currency of Iraq. It is issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and is subdivided i ...s, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories On Stone
''Memories on Stone'' ( ku, Bîranînen li ser kevirî) is a 2014 Kurdish-language German-Iraqi film directed by Shawkat Amin Korki. It was produced by mitosfilm and mitosfilm Iraq. It describes the struggles of schoolfriends Alan and Hussein of making a post-war film about the Al-Anfal Campaign, Anfal genocide during Saddam Hussein's regime. The film was selected as the Iraqi entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Cast * Hussein Hassan * Nazmi Kirik * Shima Molaei * Ala Riani See also * List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film * Kurdish cinema References External links * 2014 films 2014 drama films Iraqi drama films German drama films Kurdish-language films 2010s German films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq In Fragments
''Iraq in Fragments'' is a documentary film directed by James Longley. Longley shot the film in Digital Video on a Panasonic DVX100 miniDV camcorder. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it won three awards: "Directing Award Documentary", "Editing Award Documentary" and "Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary". The film is also a part of the Iraq Media Action Project film collection. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was shot in Iraq and edited at 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle. This film has three parts to it which describe the viewpoints of Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kurdish residents. Film credits *Director: James Longley *Producers: John Sinno, James Longley *Editors: Billy McMillin, Fiona Otway, James Longley *Camera: James Longley *Post Coordinator: Basil Shadid *Sound / Music: James Longley *2nd Unit Camera: Margaret Longley *Re-Recording Mixer: Dave Howe *Colorist: Bill Lord *Translators: Ahmed Ayed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa (2021 Film)
''Europa'' () is a 2021 joint Iraqi-Kuwaiti drama film directed by Haider Rashid. It was selected as the Iraqi entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Cast * Adam Ali as Kamal * Erfan Rashid as Erfan * Gassid Mohammed as Gassid * Svetlana Yancheva as Woman * Mohamed Zouaoui as Trafficker See also * List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film This is a list of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Acade ... * List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film References External links * 2021 films 2021 drama films Iraqi drama films Kuwaiti drama films 2020s Arabic-language films {{2020s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Dreams Of Sparrows
''The Dreams of Sparrows'' is a documentary film about post-war Iraq, by Hayder Daffar of the Iraq Eye Group, an Iraqi filmmaking group. The film was shot throughout 2003 and 2004 with a hand-held camera, consisting of street level interviews with various Iraqi citizens and explores their feelings about the changes occurring around them. The film was produced by digitally sending footage to the United States via e-mail where it was assembled in rough sequences and posted on the internet. A DVD version of the film was released in 2005. Dreams of the Sparrows offers many differing viewpoints in its interviews. Some Iraqis place photos of U.S. President George W. Bush in shrines, while others oppose the presence of American forces. Some admit a longing for the days of Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
