ShortFilm competition

88.8.8

IRAQ | 15 min | 2023

Salam tries to escape the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, but the disappearance of a friend forces him to come out of his hiding place.

Director:

AHMED ABDULHUSSEIN MAJEED

Screenplay:

mohammed ali sarhan

Cinematography:

Muhannad Al Sudani

cast:

Abdullah fayruz,

mohammed ali

production:

Ahmed Al Sammar

Director:

AHMED ABDULHUSSEIN MAJEED

Ahmed, born in 1994 from Baghdad. He has a diploma in office management and a bachelor’s degree in film directing. He has been a photographer since 2014. He has won many awards in photography and participated in many local and international exhibitions. He entered the film industry since 2018 and made three films, two of which One documentary and one drama. I directed the documentary Revolution on Canvas in 2020 and it won the Best Documentary Film Award at the Silk Road Festival in Turkey. Then I directed my second short documentary The Last Dance in 2021 and it won the Jury Prize from the Silk Road Festival in Turkey in its ninth edition.

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