MY NAME IS BAGHDAD

MEU NOME E BAGDA

By Caru ALVES DE SOUZA

REEL SUSPECTS - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2020

Baghdad is a 17-year-old female skater, who lives in Freguesia do Ó, a working-class neighborhood in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Baghdad skateboards with a group of male friends. When she meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020
Generation GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
Lima IFF 2020
Best Actress to Grace Orsato and Special Mention to All the Actresses
Nordic IFF 2020
Best Film and Best Director
Gender Bender IFF 2020
Best Film
Cormoran IFF 2020
Public Award
Nara IFF 2020
Official Selection
Fribourg IFF 2021
Official Selection
Cheries-Cheris 2021
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama, Children's
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Caru ALVES DE SOUZA
    • Producer(s)
    • Rafaella COSTA (MANJERICÃO FILMES)
    • Synopsis
    • Baghdad is a 17-year-old female skater, who lives in Freguesia do Ó, a working-class neighborhood in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Baghdad skateboards with a group of male friends and spends a lot of time with her family and with her mother’s friends. Together, the women around her form a network of people who are out of the ordinary. When Baghdad meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes.