Iraq Movies

"Bird of happinees" is a play that talks about a group of rebels who take over the parliament hall with a plan

The children of Mosul are starting their new school year after being displaced from their homes. They are now studying the history of their destroyed...

Encounters on the Tigris follows a journey taken by artist and filmmaker Sherko Abbas in 2022, along the ancient Tigris river, in search of...

The film reflects the suffering of a rural woman with a strong personality. Everyone in the village tries to marry her for the sake of the acres she...

Haibat and six of her grandchildren are making furnaces (tandoor ovens) under the burning sunlight of Kirkuk, but they don't have any bread to eat...

A former Iraqi army commander under Saddam Hussein, responsible for the mass murder of Kurds, is looking for witnesses who want to testify that he...

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...

Although the film was completed, it was never screened to the public due to unclear production reasons. It is a love story that encounters several...

The play “Homeland Night” depicts National Day from the perspective of a journalist traveling in a taxi and engaging in dialogue with the...

"We don't have time for song" discusses the issues and problems of contemporary humans, especially within romantic relationships and families.

This film is not just about vitiligo - it’s about how we see, how we judge, and how we can begin to reimagine what beauty truly means....

Arivan, a young man, experiences time reversing around him, uncovering signs and memories from his past filled with loss and sadness. As he navigates...

The story of Yazidi women in a wake of a heavy war, after a terrible trauma. They are ready to return to their imperfect life, but their children...

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

Abbas’s experimental documentary, Paper Puppet Testimony, collects the stories of Kurdish women in the Red Prison. Although the prison has been...

Traces artist Sherko Abbas’ journey along Iraq’s Tigris River in June and October 2022 in search of its mythical past and present...

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...

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...