Iraq Movies

An archaeological documentary exploring the famous Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, examining the burial rituals of Neanderthals and...

In this animated film project, Sherko Abbas draws on his own childhood memories of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, as well as using found images and...

Encounters on the Tigris follows a journey taken by artist and filmmaker Sherko Abbas in 2022, along the ancient Tigris river, in search of...

Two partners steal a safe, only to find themselves stranded in the desert. Driven by greed, one partner murders the other, but the killer is left...

The film illustrates life in a village on the border between Iraq and Iran, an eight-year war zone during the 1980s. These people were once suffering...

When the electricity goes out on hot summer nights, there is no refuge for the family other than the roof of the house, these nights have turned into...

Documentary about the expeditions of the third marine division in Iraq.

As for human natures that denies the life's end and loves the life's adventure, the newborn child loves life's challenges. Hence, coming into life's...

Dr. Nabil is a gentle and committed surgeon and father who works at a small, understaffed Baghdad hospital suffering from a lack of equipment and...

Abbas’s experimental documentary, Paper Puppet Testimony, collects the stories of Kurdish women in the Red Prison. Although the prison has been...

Inspired by the life and poetry of Sargon Boulos, this film explores exile, memory, and the enduring connection between a person and their homeland.

A haunting animated short reflecting on the Halabja chemical attack through the memories of a survivor for whom the sweet smell of apples became an...

In the final film of the Encounters on the Tigris trilogy, Abbas travels by boat to Al-Amarah to discover the rich diversity of flora and fauna along...

A short film about the horror of what would happen if an invention in the future makes possible the viewing of our past? What would happen if our...

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A short horror film about a 17-year-old girl who discovers an old camera that can capture the future.

Director Mounaf Shaker lives in the Dora District of Baghdad, which was once a lively area full of palm groves and people of all kinds. Now, US tanks...

'Journey' follows the story of a disparate group of people fleeing their homelands in search of a better life. Drawn from Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and...

'A Swing in Atayfiyah' dwells in the memory of homes and friendships left behind in Iraq, the irrecoverable sense of belonging, and the dissonance of...