Vitrine
An honest young shoeblack has no interest in the current problems of the world. His main focus is pedestrian’s shoes, through which he can categorize people into different ethical levels
Director Ass’ad Abdul Majeed
Was born in Al- Amara in 1969. He moved to Baghdad in 2003 and worked in cinema and television as an actor and director. He has many participations in this field, inside as well as outside Iraq
A JOURNEY
What is the most needed thing for a person who lost his parents?
Qusay Lejeune
Date of birth: 1982 He holds a bachelor of Fine Arts _ Department of Cinema. His specialty:photography director- photographer. He worked as photography director in several short films as well as TV programs He received numerous awards in photography and film photography
IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING
The film is about the humanitarian situation of two Disabled Iraqi brothers who achieve their wishes despite their disability by putting their faith in God.
Mustafa Hussein Mahdi
He holds a bachelor›s degree from the University of Baghdad, Faculty of media in the Department of Radio and Television Journalism . He has also worked in the field of photography, editing and directing.
Dilillol
The film tackles the issue of orphans and ways for helping and supporting them.
Ahmed al-Hilali
is A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad born in 1981 in Al-Shatrah . He has worked in the field of television and cinema and has several documentaries and fictions . He has participated in Arabic and Iraqi festivals . He is member of the Independent Iraqi Film Center.
OUTDOOR SHAVING
To have privacy and freedom to practice your daily life is something very normal , however there is always who tries to deprive you of your rights.
للمخرج سامر مقداد عبدالرضا
مخرج عراقي عمل كمدير تصوير و مصمم أضاءة في عدة قنوات و مؤسسات عراقية و عالمية كما عمل مع عدة وكالات أمريكة و ألمانية و عالمية
THE HOUSE
The film focus on 3 eras of the history of Iraq; The era during the former regime of Saddam Hussein The war in Iraq (Al-Hwasem ) The era after the war (Al- Hwasem). The film is about (Layth) the aged man who enters his old house and has flashbacks of his childhood and youth.
Hussam Abbas
has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts. He is an editor and director. He holds a number of certificates of appreciation in film festivals and directed many short features films and documentaries.
NO HOPE
The film discusses childhood wishes, and how can they be renewed, and whether one wish would be sufficient or not .
Muhammad Ali Al - Majid
A Photographer as well as a director . He has a diploma in photography and attended a workshop that included 6 short feature films in the Iraqi center for the independent film with the known director Mohammad Darraji. -He Participated with his film (No Hope) at the (3 minutes 3 days) Film Festival, and won the youngest director award in the festival . He filmed a lot of ads.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THREE LETTERS
The film is about a man who is so busy with his own daily affairs till the degree he neglects taking care of his mother , once he feels guilty and tries to compensate his mother , so he goes to a shop in order to buy her a gift where he meets a little girl whose mother had passed away This incident changes him so he goes to his mother house and he finds her in one of the rooms praying for him.
Rasoul Faleh
Bachelor of Media \ Radio and TV /director - former photographer and director at Al- Anwar TV Channel . Currently he works as the director of Baghdad office.
THE DARK BOX
Youths film in the streets of Baghdad. During the filming, they are kidnapped by an armed group where their camera filmed part of the kidnapping process and the other part of the film was videoed by the camera of the kidnappers who are documenting their operations.
Haitham Hassan Mez'il
has a Diploma from the Institute of Fine Arts. He also has a Bachelor’s degree from Baghdad University, College of Fine Arts. He is the director of the short feature film «Kleenex» and worked as an assistant director for a number of short feature films and documentaries.
CHOISES
An orphan child lost his father and he decided to leave school and depends on himself in order to support his mother and replace his father.
Omar Allawi
28 years old, has graduated from the institute of Fine Art, he is a member of Photographer Association also a member of Artists Association I have a lot of films, in some of them I worked as photography director, director, and assistant director. The film (room number 5) won the best screenplay award at the(Film Festival) in the Art College I work in local and international satellite channels as a photographer and field director. the channels I work with are : ( Al -Jameia ) ( Al-Ishraq), ( here is Baghdad) and (AR-Rahsid) channel , also I worked for the BBC , currently I work as photography director in ( Al – Summaria ) Channel .
QUICK RESPONSE
The film is about an officer whose little brother is kidnapped by a gang, in order to use the child later to put pressure on his old brother, to force him to allow the entrance of weapons and explosives. However they are arrested in a dramatic military fashion. More than 80 actors and actual officers participated in the film. In addition to the well-known actor Abdul-Sattar Al-Rubaie.
Mohammed Abdul Sattar
is the son of the well- known actor Abdul-Sattar al-Rubaie. He is a Graphic designer and likes directing due to the similarity between Graphic designing and directing. This film is his second experience as a director.
THE FIFTH WALL
An experimental film about what the potential effect of a time machine on people.
Osama khairallah
directed many films such as : the War Curse, the Fifth Wall, and his latest film is the(Third Homeland) which won the golden award among 139 films. The (Fifth Wall) won the first award at (3 Minutes, 3 Days) Film Festival
PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF AN UNBORN BABY
The film talks about human reality that is manifested in drama shows the common hardship between the yet born baby and his mother and shows the outer world by his own point of view according to his mother speech with him .
Muhammed Al Mayali
Writer and director specialized with documentaries and cultural programs Works in Karbala Satellite Channel and dealt with various channels and production companies.
CANDLE CAFE SHABANDAR
Founded in 1917, the Shabandar Café in Al Mutanabbi Street in the heart of the old centre of Baghdad, was a cultural landmark. Emad had shot most of his film by the end of 2006, but in March 2007, a massive car bomb destroyed Al Mutanabbi Street and killed and wounded scores of people. Emad took a small camera and went back to film. As he was leaving he was attacked and his own story is an epilogue to his film about the Shabandar Café and Mutanabbi Street
IMAD ALI
studied in the Cinema Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad. In 20067/ he participated in the second documentary course at the Independent Film and TV College in Baghdad. He made his film, A CANDLE FOR THE SHABANDAR CAFÉ, on this course. During the filming, he was injured, but eventually recovered. His film won third prize in the Student Documentary section of the 2008 Gulf Film Festival in Dubai and he has done another film, SPEAK YOUR MIND
A BOY,A WALL, AND A DONKEY
One of the UNICEF documentaries.
Hany Aou As'ad
Born in 1961 , a Palestinian director , won the glden globe prize for his flm "Pardise" in 2006 as the best foriegn film and nominated for the Oscar for the same category , won the golden cow prize in neatherlands as the best film
BIG, SMALL
The young Haider invents his own imaginary world beyond a restrictive concrete wall
As’ad Karim Elwan
has graduated from the Department of Cinema, Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. He has directed several documentaries and short films. In addition to participating in film festivals including Gulf Film Festival, Milan Film Festival, The Arab house film festival in Spain, and The( 3 Minutes 3 Days) film festival. Currently he is working in the News montage section and political programs for Alhurra Iraqi Channel
PATH OF THE FREE
A film that documents a recent period of history during the rule of ba’thists in Iraq and talks about the chase after the visitors of Imam Hussein (Pbuh) with dramatic approach for some events and direct documentation with the real personnel in the story
Muhammed Nouri
Born in 1982 Worked in the media Field since 1999 with various branches Worked in media production companies and foreign associations such as Reuters and Al Jazeera English Directed many documentaries and short films Has many certifications from many media Associations such as BBC
Life Cart
When everyone moves away from you and you get frustrated, there is somebody waiting for you, standing for you. Offers you everything in order you have good life
Hamad Al-Shammari
«Life Cart» is his first directorial experience. He worked for several satellite channels as programs editor and has directed many life shows since 2005.
We wish we were with you
The young Ass’ad Birro is very keen to attend the mourning ceremonies of Imam Husain. He was touched by a sentence repeated all the time during the ceremonies «We wish we were with you so would gain the greatest victory». That sentence which had such a great impact on this child personality led him to resist the Israeli enemy by carrying out a martyrdom operation, leaving a significant mark in the struggle against the zionists in Lebanon.
Hussain Samaha
was born in Shamstar, Lebanon. - Samaha has a bachelor’s degree in TV directing from Radio and TV University -Iran (2006) - He holds a Master in film directing from the Jesuit University - Beirut (2009) - Has directed many dramas and documentaries. Now he is the production director of(Al- Mirath), a company for artistic production.
A TRIP TO THE MOON
The film is about Al- Abbas (peace be upon him) , his life and his relationship with his brother Hussein (peace be upon him) and his poetries which he said in the battle field of Karbala.
Baqer al-Rubaie
was born in 1988 A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts -Department of Film and Television, A member of the Iraqi Artists Association He won the award for best director in Babylon film festival.
NO FATE
Is the human being predestined? Does he have the right to choose his own destiny? Or is there a curse accompanies him during his entire life? Can he choose his own path so he has to accept the consequences of his own choices?
Carlo jeelo
Born in 1989 He Participated in many film festival such as (3Minutes) Film Festival and (Bless my country) Film Festival He directed many films.
THE MESSENGER OF MERCY
While the teacher of a school is busy explaining a prophetic narration, the village is suddenly attacked by armed Wahhabis who kill every one including the students of the class. The clever distinguishable student is also among who have been killed. The final scene of the film shows the teacher fallen dead beside the black board which is stained with blood.
Mohammed Saeed Qashkayee
is Hawza student in Qom and holds a Master from the Faculty of Media in Iran. He worked as Producer and Director of documentary films in the international exhibition of the Quran in Tehran. He Produced and directed the documentary film such as «The shrine of love» in addition to numerous short films - He is also a known Film critic and has more than 20 articles in Iranian journals. Currently he studies Montage and Photography at the faculty of media in Qom.
BALLOONS
A little girl loses her balloon, Balloons man feels for her, so he tries with all his efforts to give a new one. The movie talks about the misery that surrounds a large proportion of children around the world
Khaled al-Bayati
Born in Baghdad in 1986, working as a photographer and director of photography in the first five years of the old technician and then he went to take out a number of films was delusional (age 31) who participated in many festivals local, Arab and participated in the Gulf Film Festival in its fifth edition, as well as film documentary (Bir Moss), who participated in local festivals and won the third prize at the the Iraq international film Festival of short films and another Antajath the film balloons, who participated in the Gulf Film Festival VI, which won the award for best emerging talent
CHILDHOOD AND VIOLENCE
The film talks about the negative impact of violent TV scenes upon children.
Sardar Zangana
is a member of the Iraqi Artists Association - Kirkuk He is a member of the Iraqi Cinematographers union. He received his Diploma of the Institute of Fine Arts of Kirkuk. He is a student in the final stage of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad Film Department. He has gained experience through directing 6 short films: 1- Childhood (2008) / 2- Ghosts (2009) / 3- Uncertainty (2010) / 4- Echoes (2011) / 5- Freedom (2012) / 6- The Luck.
ALLEYS OF BANI HASHIM
The film discusses the events that took place shortly before and after the prophet›s passing away (Peace be upon him). It also discusses the martyrdom of Lady Fatima (Peace be upon her). The film portrays some historical scenes of Lady Fatima›s life.
Mustafa Shubbar
was born in Tehran in 1985. He enjoys art and religious cinema of the Holy Prophet›s family, and has practiced photography and directing for the Ahulubait Channel. Currently he is a photographer for Karbala TV and «Alleys of Bani Hashem» is his first film.
SARI’S MOTHER
a short documentary that follows the struggle of an Iraqi mother to help for her 10-year-old son, Sari, who is dying of AIDS. The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and butter. As the film opens US military helicopters are flying low over their fields. Sari’s mother administers injections to her son, whose condition is gradually deteriorating as his immune system fails. She seeks help in Baghdad’s hospitals and ministries, but discovers that the Iraqi healthcare system is in even worse condition under US occupation than before the war
JAMES LONGLEY
was born in Oregon in 1972 and studied Film and Russian at Wesleyan University and the All-Russian Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His first feature film was the documentary GAZA STRIP, completed in 2002. James began working on IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS that same year and finished the feature in 2006, in time for the Sundance Film Festival, where it took home three awards, including Best Documentary Directing, Best Documentary Editing, and Best Documentary Cinematography. In addition the film won another prizes in different film festivals.
COLA
(Jinan) the ten years old child is made to bear the responsibilities of her family after her father becomes bedridden. So she disguises as a boy to protect herself from the wolves of the streets naming herself (Hamoudi). She roams the streets of Baghdad with her old donkey to collect old empty cans and plastic materials to sell them later at the end of the day so she can buy food for her family.
Yahya Al-Allaak
was born in Baghdad, and has a Master in Cinema from New York Film Academy in Hollywood. - He has a bachelor’s degree in Cinema from Fine Arts College - University of Baghdad He has directed a film “My name is Muhammad» which is short fiction and was supported by the Royal Film commission in Jordan, Human Film, and the French Cultural Center in Jordan.
50 mm
Life is so contradictory, and people appear in different forms when they are in different situations.
Baqir Jaafar
He was born in Iraq in 1993 and studied under the two directors Mohammed Darraji and Oday Rasheed in Baghdad. He worked on both long and short films on a 35 mm camera within the professional workshop in Baghdad.
COAL AND ASHES
Cutting down trees and turning them into charcoal for commercial use has caused serious damage to the environment and climate in Iraq. This film presents an indifferent attitude towards the process of cutting down the trees and turning them into charcoal. Also the film reflects the state of poverty experienced by the coal workers who try to earn their livelihood, not caring about harming effects on the environment in Iraq.
Hussein Mohsen
was born in Babylon’s province, where he studied cinema at the College of Fine Arts. He directed numerous documentaries and short feature films, including his film «Coal and Ash», which is the production of the Independent Faculty of Cinema and Television in cooperation with the Goethe German Institute. He has also participated in many local and international festivals, the last of which being the Cannes film festival.
PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF AN UNBORN BABY
The film talks about human realitythat is manifested in drama shows the common hardship between the yet born baby and his mother and shows the outer world by his own point of view according to his mother speech with him
Muhammed Al Mayali
Writer and director specialized with documentaries and cultural programs Works in Karbala Satellite Channel and dealt with various channels and production companies