human film

Synopsis

A seemingly normal car journey crosses from present reality into a recurring nightmare as Hamody, a young victim of war, relives his traumatic experiences of the Baghdad Blackwater shootings.

 

Salam began his film career working as first camera assistant on Oday Rasheed’s film ‘Quarantine’ (2009). In 2013 he worked as D.O.P on a number of short films whilst working as a camera assistant on Mohamed Al-Daradji's, 'In The Sands of Babylon'. '

 

Gift of My Father is Salam's first film as writer/director. It premiered at the 2015 Berlinale where it won a Crystal Bear for Best Short Film'