Iraq Movies

Muhannad is a professional hunter, but he is a hunter of another kind! He inherited this profession from his father, in this gloomy city, many wars...

A poetic one-minute Kurdish micro-short capturing the powerful instant of emotional renewal and rebirth through nature, light, and silence.

A haunting animated short reflecting on the Halabja chemical attack through the memories of a survivor for whom the sweet smell of apples became an...

A little boy attempts to escape from an ISIS terrorist camp in Nineveh, Iraq.

When the electricity goes out on hot summer nights, there is no refuge for the family other than the roof of the house, these nights have turned into...

This short, autobiographical documentary combines phone monologues, dashboard camera footage, and visual accounts from social media to make a unique,...

Hiwa a boy with an unusual ability, goes to a village named Ziwe, to look for truth, and in order to do that, he needs to find a man named rashwan.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and its fragmentation into separate states, mafias emerged on the economic and political scene, trading in...

Syrian Kurdish actor Bavê Tayar is defined by his patriarchal honor, which is destroyed when his only son, Tayaro, disappears and two of his...

Bassim Al-Shaker was 19 years old when a group of Mahdi militia members visited his barbershop in 2007. They wanted a new haircut. When they saw his...

A short film about Kurdish women working for their lives

It begins with a notification, a follow, a view, a possibility. What seems small quickly becomes consuming, as a young woman finds her world quietly...

A poetic visual journey that explores the quiet harmony between nature and daily rituals. Through the interplay of sunlight, shadows, and the simple...

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....

Return of The Homeland tells the inspiring story of Iraq’s national football team and its historic 2007 AFC Asian Cup victory amid war. Led by...

Karrar asks Qassomi what he wants to eat, and Qassomi eagerly lists a feast: rice, chicken, stew, tashreeb, and makhlama. Karrar jokingly responds...

'A Swing in Atayfiyah' dwells in the memory of homes and friendships left behind in Iraq, the irrecoverable sense of belonging, and the dissonance of...