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The young man Essam is studying engineering and is in love with his sweetheart as they dream of tomorrow. But things take a turn when Essam joins the army as he is sent on a military mission in Iran during the war, and his squad suffers severe difficulties due to the harsh terrain.
The film unfolds as a romantic story set in the countryside, centering on a love affair between Omrah and Badr. Their relationship faces numerous obstacles rooted in strict customs and traditions, as well as malicious rumors that place both of their lives in danger.
The play “Homeland Night” depicts National Day from the perspective of a journalist traveling in a taxi and engaging in dialogue with the driver. The dialogue reveals that homeland is not merely land and flag, but rather a profound sentiment that resides in the heart and conscience of humanity. The play, in a metaphorical manner, exposes the discrepancy between the ideal of homeland and the reality of everyday life.
"We don't have time for song" discusses the issues and problems of contemporary humans, especially within romantic relationships and families.
Between the past and the present, and between decision and regret, there lies a thin thread called Jarira.
Zahraa returns to her childhood home in Baghdad, haunted by the disappearance of her friend Noor twenty years ago. During her search, she meets Laila (22) at the same shelter where Noor was last seen. Zahraa discovers that many girls are abandoned by their mothers due to gender-based violence. She realizes how the war on Iraq reinforced patriarchal systems, compelling mothers to leave their baby daughters behind in a society that rejects them.
A detective investigates a girl's strange death. The truth leads to a surprising ending.
When a college student leaves his rubbish behind, his whole day takes a strange turn.
Mekhak, a compassionate and capable donkey, lives with a family in a village. His owner, believing that Mekhak is no longer useful, decides to abandon him on a distant and terrifying mountain. Despite the dangers, Mekhak, filled with hope, returns to the family, longing to live with them again. He makes great efforts, but the family rejects him time and time again. In the end, Mekhak makes a significant sacrifice to stay, but this only leads to a more tragic fate.
Peşrew and Amine are expectant parents living a normal life in the suburbs. However, their lives soon begin to change with the arrival of their newborn daughter — and with her, the presence of a tormented entity known in Kurdish folklore as Şewe (Sha-wa).
This is the story of three Kurdish family members in the middle of an Iraqi desert. One day, the arrival of several people will change their destinies forever.
Encounters on the Tigris follows a journey taken by artist and filmmaker Sherko Abbas in 2022, along the ancient Tigris river, in search of previously undocumented oral traditions and the ecological knowledge they hold. Beginning in Faysh Khabur in an ancient Christian church, we learn how the Tigris acted as a protective shield for communities living near Iraq’s unstable borders. Abbas then travels to Mosul to an ISIS destroyed neighbourhood where locals share folktales commonly told to children about the river, and some of the historic buildings on the riverbank, before ending this leg of the journey in Samarra where fishermen lament the river’s depletion by drought.
A Portrait of Sufyan is a five-episode documentary about the life and art of Kurdish artist Sufyan Jalal. especially about the Tasan Artwork Project. the film took 4 years to shoot.
Muhannad is a professional hunter, but he is a hunter of another kind! He inherited this profession from his father, in this gloomy city, many wars took place, especially near this deep river.
90 Days is an Iraqi film by Atia Jbara Al-Darraji
A mother and her child’s souls are tied together with a thin rope, therefore they cannot, whatever, forget each other.
A short film about Kurdish women working for their lives
When the electricity goes out on hot summer nights, there is no refuge for the family other than the roof of the house, these nights have turned into a distant past that carries many memories full of nostalgia
A short documentary about a man with a camera try to Capturing moments from the city of Baghdad
On March 16th, 1988, Saddam Hussein’s regime led a chemical attack against the people of Halabja that resulted in over 5,000 deaths. Though past trauma often defines the city’s identity, the region also boasts a rich history of pomegranate cultivation, as home to the largest orchards in the region. Red Land starts the pomegranate on its journey from the fields to the markets and dinner tables of Kurdistan, a potent symbol of Halabja’s natural beauty and the resilience of its people.
Arman and Roya come to Tehran with greed, to earn enough money for a trip to Canada and enroll in a university. They meet a retailer named Esi who helps them sell new drugs that they have made themselves.
Haibat and six of her grandchildren are making furnaces (tandoor ovens) under the burning sunlight of Kirkuk, but they don't have any bread to eat themselves! Haibat's son became depressed and died due to poverty and lack of employment. While her city is one of the biggest sources of oil worldwide, Haibat and her six grandchildren are trying to make ends meet in this city of oil. This vicious circle goes around.
Iraqi theater director Mohsen Sadoon Yasin has spent much of his life in involuntary exile. His daughter, Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez, has constructed a loving film portrait of her father, and an elegy for a homeland to which they can never return—partly because it has changed so much, and partly because it was perhaps always more a concept than a reality.
Bassim Al-Shaker was 19 years old when a group of Mahdi militia members visited his barbershop in 2007. They wanted a new haircut. When they saw his unfinished painting of Venus, however, they were so offended by the nude figure that they beat the young man, forcibly cut his hair, and dragged him out into the street. The film reconstructs the shocking incident through personal testimony and his own drawings.
This short, autobiographical documentary combines phone monologues, dashboard camera footage, and visual accounts from social media to make a unique, inside look into the life of an up-and-coming female artist from Baghdad who inevitably crosses paths with political turmoil. Munaf documents her journey from her attempts at creating contemporary art in a very limiting environment, the ISIS invasion, and her emigration to Turkey to the invasion of Ukraine where her parents emigrated to.
Sada, meaning «echo» in Arabic, was conceived as Sada for Iraqi art by the Baghdad-born Rijin Sahakian. Sahakian set up the initiative, which ran from 2011 to 2015, in order to support Baghdad-based artists facing the damage done to the contemporary art infrastructure in Iraq after cycles of war, destruction, sanctions, and continual political insecurity. For «documenta fifteen», Sahakian invited former participants of Sada to produce video work reflecting on their practice and where they are today. The participating artists are Sajjad Abbas, Bassim Al Shaker, Layth Kareem, Ali Eyal, Raed Mutar, Sarah Munaf, and Sahakian herself. This almanac is a valuable historical document about a country destroyed by a bloody war.
In the silent halls of Sulaymaniyah University, Hama's unique bond with a cadaver unfolds a touching exploration of life's impermanence and the mysteries of the afterlife.
An documentary film talks about the massacre that took place in Shingal in 2013 at the hands of ISIS and talks about how to liberate Shingal and Mosul from the grip of the organization, and conveys the suffering of the Yazidis
They are the countries that do not exist, the peoples of no nation. In the summer of 2016, as Euro 2016 unleashed international football fever, an even more extraordinary tournament took place: the 'rebel' World Cup. This film documents this surreal and vibrant spectacle through the most fascinating team of the lot: Kurdistan.
Living in exile in France for the past 25 years, Abbas Fahdel last year made Retour à Babylone, the occasion to return home, be reunited with his childhood friends and explore a reality that was now alien to him. In this film, Fahdel's camera shows us Iraqis in another light and the hopes and fears of these men and women who escaped the nightmare of a dictatorship only to be mired in chaos. He is better equipped than anyone for this task. He is both an "outside" angle of vision and a brotherly view. An Iraqi among Iarqis, he embodies a reference point in the turmoil. His presence and commitment during the past year, his receptivity during those months when everyone was preparing for war explains why his camera is never indiscreet or prying.
Ghasem is forced to sell their cow to spend a hard winter in their village. As soon as the sale is made, the cow goes missing.
Veterans of the most decorated battalion in marine corps history discuss the psychological injuries of war, and the unexpected trauma of returning to civilian life after the accolades of their successful battles have ended.
Follows a young Kurdish woman in Iraqi Kurdistan reflecting on freedom, identity, and womanhood, as she navigates the contrast between personal ambition and cultural expectations.
After spending his life in a dark room, watching the world through a small window, Ghanem now finds himself trapped in the very same room that has become his nightmare. In an atmosphere of nostalgia and mixed emotions, we embark on a journey with the last cinema operator in Mosul, traveling back in time to discover his story after all the city’s movie theaters were demolished.
A weeping moon. A longing body of water. A non-dimensional work exploring the absence that forms. An ode to reflections.
Sixty-year-old beggar Qisma wants to end her life. But her dog, Bobby, is holding her back.
A group of young people face their problems in a way that will ultimately destroy them.
An Iraqi film about a young woman shaped by hardship, raised in poverty, and reunited with her family after discovering her father’s true identity—leading her toward a new life and marriage.
Two partners steal a safe, only to find themselves stranded in the desert. Driven by greed, one partner murders the other, but the killer is left badly wounded and alone. Trapped by his injuries and gnawing guilt, the survivor must fight his own fate in a desperate struggle to open the safe and escape the unforgiving wilderness.
It tells the story of a boy whose life circumstances and obstacles force him to choose to travel illegally. Here he does not expect anything but three outcomes: arrival, death or return, This makes him try the path of life and death in order to find a better and happier life.
Based on real events, the film tells the story of an Iraqi pilot who was shot down in Iran during the Iran-Iraq War. As he tries to find his way back, the injured pilot transverses the hostile and dangerous terrain using the stars and the flight of birds to guide him.
This film, despite the attention it received, was never screened to the public due to vague production reasons. Its story carries some complications and concludes with a happy ending. The film also includes a number of songs by the singer Saeed Al-Jalawi
"Bird of happinees" is a play that talks about a group of rebels who take over the parliament hall with a plan
There is great fear about dogs and sheep, about a city personality with mental illness, that has made him have two personalities and discuss with himself.
A tale about a struggling father facing hardship while his son battles illness.
Recorded in 1983, Baghdad landmarks on a tour
Qetran (Tar) is a feature-length documentary film about the history of the Sulaymaniyah Cigarette Factory(Now: Culture Factory) and the stories of some of its workers, including the bitter and sweet tales of their lives, especially the female workers. It explores the impact and role of this factory from social, economic, and political perspectives.
Amjad, a young barber, finds his only relief in a close friend, Nour, a displaced student. But when Nour falls victim to a brutal assault, their friendship is tested as dark secrets unravel, leading Amjad to confront a devastating truth that ends their life.
The movie starts with a guy being unable to sleep, he decides to get up in the middle of the night for a walk, singing about how lucky other people are.
A Hasan Marih movie - A disobedient son
"In this surreal arthouse short film set in a world far beyond our Milky Way, life is filled with secrets and mysteries, where everything defies the modern way of living. In this realm, words hold the power to change—or even ruin—everything. They will be present there when words leave your mouth in the closest place with you, immersing you in the colors of the galaxies."
Short film confronting the reality of living conditions for Palestinians in the occupied territories with the falsely reassuring messages they send to their relatives on the other side of the border, on Israeli radio.
Abbas’s experimental documentary, Paper Puppet Testimony, collects the stories of Kurdish women in the Red Prison. Although the prison has been turned into a museum, the histories commemorated there are biased and focus primarily on stories of prisoners belonging to political parties in power. There is no mention of the captivity and torture endured by women prisoners. The political establishment has been unwilling to address and confront the atrocities committed against them. In his video, Abbas resists the erasure of these women’s experiences and reckons with the horrors of the past.
In one of the rural villages, lives Saadia, the beautiful and naive girl, true to her nature. Ibrahim, the playful young man, takes advantage of her simplicity and deceives her, robbing her of her honor. Fearing her family's reaction, she escapes and gives birth to an illegitimate child. She seeks refuge with a talented composer, fleeing from her family's pursuit. Love blossoms between them, and a new life begins. Eventually, her family accidentally discovers her whereabouts. Will they forgive her?
Hayat describes the suffering of an oppressed woman who has lost her mind and she is a victim of society and human insensitivity.
A child goes to a mosque to urinate, then disappears. The child's mother wants to enter the mosque to find him but she is not allowed.
In an Iraqi orphanage a young victim of the war reveals his anguish and his experiences through a series of drawings. His childlike mind contorts the events, but from his perspective we see the war unraveling around him.