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Iraqi Odyssey

Switzerland / Germany / United Arab Emirates / Iraq, September 2014
FILM, Documentary, 162 min.

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directed by
Samir
Written by
Samir
Status
In distribution
Website
www.iraqiodyssey.com

Bombs, war, angry bearded men, shrouded sobbing women, shattered cities: Iraq, as seen through the eyes of the western media these days. These images are juxtaposed with those from the fifties and seventies: films with frivolous music, unveiled women who study; elegantly dressed men in Bagdad, a modern city. How did it come to this? Film director Samir tells the story of his globalised middle-class Iraqi family, scattered between Auckland, Moscow, Paris, London and Buffalo, New York.

credits

World Premiere
September 2014
Original Version
Arabic, French, English, German (french/english/german subtitles),  colour,  true, DCP, 162 min.
ISAN
0000-0003-4F71-0000-R-0000-0000-U
Production
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, COIN FILM, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Sanad Fund The Development and Post-Production Fund of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Furat al Jamil
Producer
Werner Swiss Schweizer, Joël Louis Jent, Samir, Herbert Schwering
directed by
Samir
Written by
Samir
Cinemato­graphy
Lukas Strebel, Pierre Mennel, Yuri Burak, John Kelleran, Kirill Gerra, Samir
Editing
Samir, Sophie Brunner, Ali Al-Fatlawi, Wathiq Al Ameri
Sound Editing
Jef Van Even
Sound Design
Tilo Busch
Re-Recording Mix
Henning Hein
Music
Maciej Sledziecki
Location Sound Mix
Reto Stamm, Al Seconi, Martin Wilson, Don Feigel, Roman Platonov, Maxim Malin
Animation
Wamidh Al-Ameri
3D Animation
Wamidh Al-Ameri

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Autlook Filmsales GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Albania
Tricontinental Ltd. Distribution
Release date: tba
Austria
Polyfilm Verleih Distribution
Release date: 23.10.2015
France
Films sans Frontières Distribution
Release date: tba
Germany
NFP Marketing & Distribution Distribution
Release date: 14.01.2016
Italy
I Wonder Distribution
Release date: tba
MIDDLE EAST
Middle East Broadcasting Centre MBC TV Rights
Serbia
Tricontinental Ltd. Distribution
Release date: tba
South Korea
EBS (Educational Broadcasting System) TV Rights
Sweden
UR Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company TV Rights
Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution
Release date: 05.03.2015

United States
AFD/Typecast Films Distribution
Release date: 27.11.2015

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