Usama Alshaibi Movies

A young artist in a dark dorm room takes anxieties out of their brain and into their hands.

A psychedelic portrait of the founding theorist of Christianity, Paul the Apostle. His life, ideology and influence are reconstructed by piecing...

Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in...

Baghdad, Iowa is the mask, the shadow and the night stars that sing the sorrow song of death. You might be dreaming, so don't wake up until you...

A collection of 190-second short films created in response to COVID-19, commissioned by filmmakers Usama Alshaibi and Adam Sekuler.

In Nice Bombs filmmaker Usama Alshaibi returns to Baghdad to reunite with his family after nearly 24 years. This documentary navigates through his...

Rhythm and repetition plays an important role in the animated film Allahu Akbar by Usama Alshaibi. With this film, Alshaibi questions the...

A woman is chased across a field by an unseen assailant.

A young Muslim Dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis.

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

Super 8 video shot by Alshaibi's brother in Samarra.

This video is compiled from several appropriated clips from VCD's(Video Compact Discs) that are sold in Baghdad.Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama...

Traditional slaughter of an animal for Islamic holiday Eid.

Here’s the literal definition of “art cinema”: Usama Alshaibi’s short piece ‘My Third Painting,’ which plays like...

A woman lying on a hardwood floor covered in plastic wrap.

"This was made with my daughter Muneera. She wrote it and stars in it. Using black and white reversal super-8mm film."

Formally, an intriguing depiction of video as forward motion, or as technology of road movies and dreams. Alshaibi intercuts footage of a...

Ass is a vivisection that attacks the optic nerves and creates a conflict within the body.

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