Iraq Movies

Traces artist Sherko Abbas’ journey along Iraq’s Tigris River in June and October 2022 in search of its mythical past and present ecological reality....

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 e...

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...

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

A simple film produced by a group of young artists. The idea of the film revolves around a romantic love story between a young man from a poor family...

We follow the journey of former soldier Nassif, who fled the war in Iraq by hiding in dark cinemas. During this time, he used to watch his favorite fi...

Hajar is a trace story of a woman of Anfal, who sacrificed 30 years of her life waiting and building hope from the torn-up pieces of her children’s cl...

Cineholic follows a group of friends from Kirkuk and their love affairs with film since they were young. The story traverses their memories related to...

Sharwal is the name given to the traditional trousers that are worn by men in Kurdistan. Meticulously pleated and made from tightly woven wool, Sharwa...

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

This footage is part of an old archive taken by the filmmaker’s father Abbas Abdulrazaq, a former Kurdish fighter and cameraman. In 1985 he accompanie...

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

The story of the film revolves around the life of an elderly married couple who live in a secluded farm far from people in silence and a normal life....

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 a...

One winter morning, the smart and perceptive little brother (Xanî) is asked by his mother to wake his big brother (Millet) for breakfast. What seems l...

In pre-revolution Iraq, in one of its border cities, Jasim is being persecuted by the authorities, and his family is also displaced, while everyone is...

A man who decides to take his family, consisting of his wife and daughter, to the cinema. This deprived the people sitting behind him from watching th...