Producer
황량하고 메마른 섬에 자리한 하야트의 마을에는 집집마다 딸을 한 명씩 바다에 바쳐야 하는 오랜 관습이 있다. 바다에 딸을 바치는 대신, 마을 남자들이 바다 생명체들을 사냥해 생계를 이어가는 것이다. 아버지 덕분에 아기일 때 제물이 될 운명을 피한 하야트는 마을 안에서 저주처럼 여겨지며 따돌림을 받는다. 굳센 의지를 가진 하야트는 그에 굴하지 않고 자신의 자리를 찾고자 하지만, 남동생이 태어나면서 다시 잔혹한 관습에 희생될 위기에 처한다.
Writer
Sara enters Baghdad station with sinister intentions for its reopening ceremony. As she braces to commit an unthinkable act, her plans are drastically altered by an unwanted and awkward encounter with Salam, a self-assured and flirtatious salesman. With Salam now hostage to Sara’s confused and deluded plan, he battles desperately to appeal to her humanity and sway her decision. In a moment of consideration and with her convictions crumbling before her, Sara is given the opportunity to witness the life and innocence she was so willing to destroy. But is this a second chance or an admission of guilt?
Director
Sara enters Baghdad station with sinister intentions for its reopening ceremony. As she braces to commit an unthinkable act, her plans are drastically altered by an unwanted and awkward encounter with Salam, a self-assured and flirtatious salesman. With Salam now hostage to Sara’s confused and deluded plan, he battles desperately to appeal to her humanity and sway her decision. In a moment of consideration and with her convictions crumbling before her, Sara is given the opportunity to witness the life and innocence she was so willing to destroy. But is this a second chance or an admission of guilt?
Producer
On the day of her wedding, a young girl hides from her family. The preparations and celebration, however, continue without her. The film depicts the conflict and anguish of women who face unwanted arranged marriages.
Producer
A tormented young man constructs an ingenious devise to rescue his father from Abu Ghraib prison. What he finds there is far from his expectations, revealing the mistreatment and torture of prisoners. His hopes and dreams for a brighter future are dashed upon finding his father.
Producer
In the aftermath of a tragedy a grieving mother visits the site where her son was killed. There she encounters the young boy's restless spirit, unable to make sense of his surroundings. This brief encounter will finally put the boy's spirit to rest, allowing him to join the other victims in the afterlife.
Director
An Iraqi soldier escaping from Kuwait as the army retreats in 1991 is captured and cast into Saddam’s infamous prisons, accused of being a traitor. Outside, an Iraqi uprising instills hope for those held captive in the killing fields of Babylon.
Editor
Several children live and study in a small rented house and they have no one to help them accept for Husham, a student. When the landlord demands they leave, the children lose their only sanctuary.
Producer
Several children live and study in a small rented house and they have no one to help them accept for Husham, a student. When the landlord demands they leave, the children lose their only sanctuary.
Director
Several children live and study in a small rented house and they have no one to help them accept for Husham, a student. When the landlord demands they leave, the children lose their only sanctuary.
Writer
사담 후세인 정권이 무너진 이라크. 어느 날 남부지역에 끌려갔던 전쟁 포로들이 생존해있다는 소식이 전해지자, 12살 꼬마 아흐메드는 할머니의 손에 이끌려 12년 전 실종된 아빠를 찾아 나선다. 태어나서 단 한번도 아빠를 만난 본 적 없는 아흐메드는 아빠를 찾는 여정이 힘들기만 하다. 아흐메드가 좌절하지 않고 희망의 빛을 찾아서 여행을 계속 할 수 있었던 것은 신화로 전해지던 바빌론의 공중정원을 볼 수 있다는 유일한 기대 때문이었다. 이제 아빠를 찾기 위한 여행이 시작되는데….
Director
사담 후세인 정권이 무너진 이라크. 어느 날 남부지역에 끌려갔던 전쟁 포로들이 생존해있다는 소식이 전해지자, 12살 꼬마 아흐메드는 할머니의 손에 이끌려 12년 전 실종된 아빠를 찾아 나선다. 태어나서 단 한번도 아빠를 만난 본 적 없는 아흐메드는 아빠를 찾는 여정이 힘들기만 하다. 아흐메드가 좌절하지 않고 희망의 빛을 찾아서 여행을 계속 할 수 있었던 것은 신화로 전해지던 바빌론의 공중정원을 볼 수 있다는 유일한 기대 때문이었다. 이제 아빠를 찾기 위한 여행이 시작되는데….
Director
Director
In 2003, Baghdad-born Mohamed Al-Daradji returned home after a decade in exile to film Ahlaam, the second feature shot in Iraq post-Saddam Hussein. This documentary follows the idealistic young director as he realises his dream in bizarre and turbulent circumstances. With its improvised form and unpredictable course, the film reflects the incredible risks confronting filmmakers in ‘liberated’ Iraq and celebrates Iraqi people’s spirit to survive amid overwhelming social and political chaos.
Director
Scarred Baghdad 2003... confusion, uncertainty and death engulf the bombed ruins of a Psychiatric Asylum. Voyeuristically we move between the past and the present of three Iraqi lives entangled by the chaos of the American 'Shock and Awe' campaign...
