WINNER
Peace Prize
BERLINALE
2010
WINNER
Netpac Award
KARLOVY VARY
2010
WINNER
Lions Award
ROTTERDAM IFF
2010
Special Mention
EDINBURGH IFF
2010
Iraq's official Entry
Best Foreign Language Film
ACADEMY AWARDS
2011
WINNER
Raindance Award
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2010
WINNER
Grand Jury Prize
HAWAII IFF
2010
WINNER
Special Jury Prize
TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS
2010
WINNER
Amnesty International Film Award
BERLINALE
2010
WINNER
Emerging Masters Award
SEATTLE IFF
2010
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2010
WINNER
Best International Film
RAINDANCE
2010
"Sometimes a film deserves deference. Sometimes, the only justified response is to bend one’s knee. This is one of those films" – Little White Lies
"Warm human, and quietly devastating" – Timeout
Drama | 2009 | 90 mins
DCP | HD CAM | Digi Beta | 35mm Print
Synopsis
"Marks a powerful international debut for its young director Mohamed Al-Daradji." – The Times
A few weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussain in 2003, an elderly woman and her young grandson set off on a long journey across Iraq to look for the woman's son and boy's father, who disappeared at war many years earlier.
Director - Mohamed Al-Daradji
Mohamed Al-Daradji is a critically acclaimed and multi-award winning filmmaker. Born in Baghdad, he studied film in Hilversum (Netherlands) before travelling to the UK to complete two masters degrees.
His work has screened all over the world and has recieved a great deal of positive attention. Always striving for authenticity in his film projects, Mohamed is one of the only prominent filmmakers currentley working in Iraq today.
Festival bookings and information, contact : andy@humanfilm.co.uk
Iraq's Missing Campaign
The Iraq's Missing Campaign was established to create high-profile campaigning and to provide direct practical relief and support to the relatives of missing and disappeared persons in Iraq.