MOVIES - DOCUMENTARIES
IRAQI ODYSSEY
by Samir
VOD
Bombs, war, angry bearded men, shrouded sobbing women, shattered cities: Iraq, as seen through the eyes of the western media these days. These images are juxtaposed with those from the fifties and seventies: films with frivolous music, unveiled women who study; elegantly dressed men in Bagdad, a modern city. How did it come to this? Film director Samir tells the story of his globalized middle-class Iraqi family, scattered between Auckland, Moscow, Paris, London and Buffalo, New York.
Credits
Year: 2014
Country: CH, D, Arabic Emirates, Iraq
Running Time: 162 Min.
Director: Samir
Author: Samir
Producer: Joel Jent, Werner Schweizer, Samir
Executive Producer: Joel Jent
Co-Producer: Herbert Schwering
Camera: Pierre Mennel, Lukas Strebel, Yuri Burak, John Kelleran, Kirill Gerra, Samir
Editor: Sophie Brunner, Ali Al-Fatlawi, Wathiq Al-Ameri, Samir, Kathrin Plüss
Sound: Reto Stamm, Al Seconi, Martin Wilson, Don Feigel, Roman Platonov, Maxim Malin
Music: Maciej Sledziecki
Production Manager: Joel Jent
Cast: Souhir Riadh Ahmed, Jamal Al Tahir, Samira Jamal Aldin, Sabah Jamal Aldin, Tanya Uldin, Samir
Awards Best Asian Film Award NETPAC - Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2014
3rd Place Public Award for Best Documentary - Berlinale Panorama 2015
Zürcher Filmpreis 2015
Nomination Schweizer Filmpreis, Bester Dokumentarfilm
Festivals TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - Documentary Competition
Festival do Rio 2014 - World Panorama
10th Zurich Film Festival - Work-in-Progress Special Screening
ADFF - Abu Dhabi International Film Festival 2014 - Documentary Competition
São Paulo Mostra Cinema: Oriente Médio 2014
25 Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage 2014
65. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2015 - Berlinale Panorama, Dokumente
50. Solothurner Filmtage 2015
Beirut Cinema Days - Ayam Beirut al Cinemaiya 2015
Vilnius International Film Festival IFF 2015
Arabiske Filmdager Oslo 2015
BAFICI Buenos Aires 2015
Freiburger Filmforum 2015
Beldocs Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival 2015
Biografilm Festival Bologna 2015
Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn 2015
12. EIDF EBF International Documentary Festival South Korea 2015
NZIFF New Zealand International Film Festival 2015
BIFF Bergen International Film Festival 2015
JIFF Jerusalem International Film Festival 2015
CIFF Cairo International Film Festival 2015
Silk Road International Film Festival 2015
Duisburger Filmtage 2015
Arabische Filmtage Tübingen 2015
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2016
8th Jaipur International Film Festival 2016
39. Portland International Film Festival 2016
53. Gijon Int. Film Festival, Spanien 2015
Iran International Documentary Film Festival 2015
Transatlantyk Film Festival 2015
Tri Continental Human Rights Film Festival 2015
Minneapolis St-Paul Int. Film Festival 2016
20th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival San Francisco 2016
16. Filmfestival Münster 2015
7e Festival Delémont-Hollywood 2015
IFFR White Nights (Netherlands) 2016
