IRAQI ODYSSEY

By Samir *

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2014

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by the horrors of dictatorship, war, and foreign occupation of Iraq.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2014
TIFF Docs
Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2015
Panorama Dokumente
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2015
Human Rights Competition
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2015
Doc@POFF
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, IRAQ, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, ENGLISH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 163 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Samir *
    • Writer(s)
    • Samir .
    • Producer(s)
    • Werner SCHWEIZER (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion), Joël JENT (DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION)
    • Synopsis
    • Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by the horrors of dictatorship, war, and foreign occupation of Iraq.