2016 PS Film Festival
Practically a short course in Iraqi history, this engrossing documentary epic pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by the horrors of dictatorship, war and foreign occupation. Winner: Best Film, Abu Dhabi.
film details
| Director: | Samir |
| Producers: | Werner Schweizer, Samir, Joël Jent |
| Screenwriter: | Samir |
| Cinematographers: | Lukas Strebel, Pierre Mennel, Yuri Burak, John Kelleran, Kirill Gerra, Samir, Saaeb Hadad, Ali Alfatlawi |
| Editor: | Ali Al-Fatlawi, Sophie Brunner, Wathiq Al Ameri, Samir |
| Music: | Maciej Sledziecki |
| Country: | Switzerland/Germany, United Arab Emirates, Iraq |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Running Time: | 162 minutes |
| Awards: | NETPAC Award for Best Film, Abu Dhabi Film Festival; Audience Award, Berlinale |
| Display Format: | DCP-25fps |