War, Love, God & Madness/Shooting in Iraq
Combined programme
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IFFR 2008
A documentary about the young idealist film maker Mohamed Al-Daradji who returned to his birthplace in Iraq to realise his dream in very dangerous circumstances: to make a feature. Then six recent short films by young Iraqi film makers.
In this combined programme
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He Who Saw Everything
A man roams round in war-torn Baghdad. Short film by a young Iraqi film maker. -
The White Page
Short film by a young Iraqi film maker about the contrast between poor and rich in his country. -
We Have Gasoline
A young Kurdish film maker provides a subtle commentary on today’s energy policy of the present Iraqi government. -
Water
Several short films in which the young Iraqi-Kurdish film maker tackles several taboos such as incest and rape in a daring way. -
Searching for God
A surrealist short film by a young film maker from the Kurdish part of Iraq. -
War, Love, God & Madness
Documentary about the making of Ahlaam, the second feature shot in Iraq post-Saddam Hussein. The young idealistic Iraqi film maker Mohamed Al-Daradji -
Death Road
Short film about the dangers of being a taxi driver in Baghdad, by a young maker from this same city.