MOVIES - DOCUMENTARIES
FORGET BAGHDAD
by Samir
VOD
A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of "Jew" and "Arab" through onehundred years of film, contrasted with the history of Jewish communists from Iraq. The protagonists are Shimon Ballas, a writer and professor of Arabic studies in Tel Aviv and Paris; the best-selling Israeli author Sami Michael from Haifa; Moshe Houri, a former dealer in real estate; writer Samir Naqqash who only publishes in the Arabic language and Ella Shohat, a Professor of Film and Cultural Studies in New York who has written a standard text on the Israeli film industry.
This film is included on the Samir DVD box set.
The DVD box can be ordered via office@dvfilm.ch.
Credits
Year: 2002
Country: CH, D
Running Time: 112 Min.
Director: Samir
Author: Samir
Producer: Karin Koch
Executive Producer: Samir
Co-Producer: TagTraum, Köln, WDR, Werner Dütsch, SF DRS, Paul Riniker
Camera: Nurith Aviv
Editor: Nina Schneider, Samir
Sound: Tully Chen
Music: Rabih Abou-Khalil
Production Manager: Karin Koch
Production Assistant: Judith Hossli
Cast: Sami Michael, Ella Shohat, Moshe Houri, Shimon Balas, Samir Naqqash
Awards Prize SRG SSR idée suisse, Festival del film Locarno, 2002, Semaine de la critique
Zürcher Filmpreis, Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, 2002
Best Film, Arab Filmfestival Rotterdam ,2003
The Best Film Prize, Ismailia Filmfestival 2003, Documentaries Competition
Festivals Festival del film Locarno, 2002, Semaine de la Critique
IDFA Amsterdam, 2002
Montreal International Market, 2002, Market
International Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires, 2003
Solothurner Filmtage, 2003
Tribeca Film Festival New York, 2003
Festival international du film Fribourg, 2003
NatFilm Festival Copenhagen, 2003
Jewish Film Festival Barcelona, 2003
Jerusalem International Film Festival, 2003
Jewish Film Festival San Francisco, 2003
International Film Festival Vancouver, 2003
Internationales Dokumentarfilm Festival München, 2003
International Film Festival Innsbruck, 2003
Documentary Film Festival Marseille, 2003
Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, 2003
Ismailia International Film Festival Giza, 2003
International Film Festival Ismaileya, 2003
Arab Film Festival San Francisco, 2003
Flanders International Film Festival Ghent, 2003
Middle Eastern Film Festival Wellington, 2003
Jewish Film Festival Warschau, 2004
Festival for Children and Youth Zlin, 2004
Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2004
Osians Cinefan Film Festival New Delhi, 2004
Asiaticafilmmediale Rom, 2004
International Film Festival Kerala, 2004
International Film Festival Singapore, 2005
Febio Fest Prag, 2005
Palestine Film Festival London, 2006
