The talented Hamoudi is an 11-year-old boy with a passion for soccer and an ultimate dream to one day reach the level of his idol Lionel Messi. The day Hamoudi is caught in a horrific suicide attempt, he wakes up severely injured in a hospital. As his parents struggle to keep the family safe, Hamoudi is determined to fight for his shattered dream.
Amal
"Abu Nawas" es un café de moda y el lugar en el que se reúnen artistas, comunistas y homosexuales iraquíes exiliados en Londres. Además, se ubica cerca de la mezquita salafista. Un día, un fanático religioso y sobrino de un poeta llamado Taufiq decide atacar a los amigos de su tío, poniendo en marcha una serie de acontecimientos que cambiarán por completo la vida de muchas personas.
Sara
Bagdad, 2006. Sara se dirige a la estación de la ciudad dispuesta a cometer un atentado suicida. Sin embargo, sus oscuras intenciones se ven alteradas por Salam, un seductor vendedor que hará que Sara se replantee sus convicciones, apelando su humanidad
Director
Born in the home of a Baghdad midwife, actor/director Zahraa witnessed violence against women from early on. Now she’s pointing the camera in search for a lost girl and to confront lifelong shame and fear alongside three exceptional women in her life.
Director
An experimental short film that expresses a subjective experience during quarantine and was made as an attempt to find ourselves while living an ongoing semi-isolated life. Dream-like imagery reflects our thoughts and slow paced lifestyle, and connects our isolated reality to the seemingly distant world we see in the media – one where many women have spent their entire lives in a compulsory quarantine as a result of unfair social systems.
