Iraq Movies

  • 2007
    A Candle for The Shabandar Café

    A Candle for The Shabandar Café

    A Candle for The Shabandar Café

    02007HD

    Founded in 1917, the Shabandar Café in Al Mutanabbi Street in the heart of the old centre of Baghdad was a cultural landmark where generations...

    A Candle for The Shabandar Café
  • 2022
    Encounters on the Tigris, Part 3

    Encounters on the Tigris, Part 3

    Encounters on the Tigris, Part 3

    02022HD

    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, Part 3
  • 2026
    Ditches & Dreams

    Ditches & Dreams

    Ditches & Dreams

    02026HD

    In a Baghdad that’s finding its footing again, 19-year-old Yas transforms its cracked asphalt into his skateboard runway, gliding beyond...

    Ditches & Dreams
  • 2026
    Tears of Moonlight

    Tears of Moonlight

    Tears of Moonlight

    02026HD

    A weeping moon. A longing body of water. A non-dimensional work exploring the absence that forms. An ode to reflections.

    Tears of Moonlight
  • 2025
    Footprint

    Footprint

    Footprint

    02025HD

    Diyar, a young environmental activist suffering from leukemia, seeks to save and protect a unique bird species from extinction, Will his illness...

    Footprint
  • 2021
    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    62021HD

    A century after the establishment of modern schools and four decades after the adoption of Article 15 of the Iranian constitution. The right to...

    Mother Tongue
  • 1970
    Blue Wednesday

    Blue Wednesday

    Blue Wednesday

    01970HD

    A young filmmaker, unable to express his emotions in reality, retreats behind the lens of his camera to create a surreal 'blue' world, seeking to...

    Blue Wednesday
  • 2021
    It's Better There

    It's Better There

    It's Better There

    02021HD

    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...

    It's Better There
  • 2025
    Beneath Which Rivers Flow

    Beneath Which Rivers Flow

    Beneath Which Rivers Flow

    02025HD

    In the marshlands of southern Iraq, Ibrahim feels like a stranger in the world. His sole companion is his faithful buffalo. But a looming...

    Beneath Which Rivers Flow
  • 2021
    Silence Along the River

    Silence Along the River

    Silence Along the River

    02021HD

    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...

    Silence Along the River
  • 2014
    The Pending Echo

    The Pending Echo

    The Pending Echo

    72014HD

    An observational field documentary shot in Baghdad and Najaf during the civil movement on February 14, 2014. Through direct visual immersion and...

    The Pending Echo
  • 1970
    Where the Balloon Led Me

    Where the Balloon Led Me

    Where the Balloon Led Me

    01970HD

    Ali, a young Arab man living as an expatriate in Duhok, leads a lonely and isolated life, trapped in a heavy daily routine and struggling with a...

    Where the Balloon Led Me
  • 2023
    Size

    Size

    Size

    02023HD

    The topic of the work deals with the idea that adults are of size, their behavior is not clear by the smaller of them .. Size is an important...

    Size
  • 1970
    Bêmal

    Bêmal

    Bêmal

    01970HD

    August 3, 2024 marked the tenth anniversary of the genocide committed by the so-called “Islamic State” against the Yazidis in northern...

    Bêmal
  • 2018
    Abdullah and Leilah

    Abdullah and Leilah

    Abdullah and Leilah

    02018HD

    Haunted by the memories of his childhood in Baghdad, Abdullah retreats into his deep past. Leilah seeks one last moment of connection with her father...

    Abdullah and Leilah
  • 2024
    White on Black

    White on Black

    White on Black

    02024HD

    A boy whom his routine was white, faces black color

    White on Black
  • 2023
    Distant Shot of a Tree

    Distant Shot of a Tree

    Distant Shot of a Tree

    02023HD

    A young man driven by a distant lover to return to his roots, searching for answers to his inner conflicts

    Distant Shot of a Tree
  • 2012
    Sala's Fumble

    Sala's Fumble

    Sala's Fumble

    02012HD

    Sala and a friend watch a football match between Argentina and Brazil, sparking an argument and a gun war. Sala kills his friend's father and moves...

    Sala's Fumble
  • 2009
    Whisper with the Wind

    Whisper with the Wind

    Whisper with the Wind

    7.72009HD

    An elderly radio-operator travels across Kurdistan in the war-torn 80s assuring communication between lost families.

    Whisper with the Wind
  • 2019
    Red Land

    Red Land

    Red Land

    42019HD

    On March 16th, 1988, Saddam Hussein’s regime led a chemical attack against the people of Halabja that resulted in over 5,000 deaths. Though...

    Red Land