Baghdad in my shadow

Best Feature Film 2020 - Nomination

Baghdad in my shadow

by Samir

Amal, a wife in hiding, Taufiq, a writer, and Muhanad, a gay IT-specialist, all meet at Café Abu Nawas, a popular hangout for Iraqi exiles in London. Instigated by a Salafist preacher, Taufiq’s nephew Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth, attacks his uncle and turns everyone’s life upside down.


Screenplay
Samir, Furat al Jamil

Production
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Coin Film, Ipso Facto Productions, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Art City Productions | Joël Louis Jent, Herbert Schwering, Christine Alderson, Christine Kiauk |

Samir
Samir