Best Documentary Film 2015 - Nominated
Iraqi Odyssey
by Samir
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 globalised middle-class Iraqi family, scattered between Auckland, Moscow, Paris, London and Buffalo, New York.
Cast
Souhir Riadh Ahmed, Jamal Al Tahir, Samira Jamal Aldin, Sabah Jamal Aldin, Tanya Uldin, Samir
Screenplay
Samir
Production
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG Zürich, Coin Film Köln, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Zürich, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln Köln, Sanad Fund Abu Dhabi, Furat al Jamil Baghdad
Crew
cinematography: Strebel Lukas, Mennel Pierre, Burak Yuri, Kelleran John, Gerra Kirill, Samir | editing: Samir , Brunner Sophie, Al-Fatlawi Ali, Al Ameri Wathiq | locationsoundmix: Stamm Reto, Seconi Al, Wilson Martin, Feigel Don, Platonov Roman, Malin Maxim | soundediting: Van Even Jef | sounddesign: Busch Tilo | rerecordingsoundmix: Hein Henning | music: Sledziecki Maciej | animation: Al-Ameri Wamidh | 3danimation: Al-Ameri Wamidh
Festivals
50. Solothurner Filmtage
25e Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage
8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival
38a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo
10. Zurich Film Festival
Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
39th Toronto International Film Festival
