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

Bomben, Krieg, wütende bärtige Männer, verschleierte schluchzende Frauen, kaputte Städte: der Irak von heute in den westlichen Medien. In Kontrast dazu stehen Bilder aus den 50er- und 70er-Jahren: Filme mit frivoler Musik, unverhüllte Frauen, die studieren; elegant gekleidete Männer in Bagdad, einer modernen Stadt. Wie konnte es soweit kommen? Regisseur Samir erzählt die Geschichte seiner globalisierten irakischen Mittelstandsfamilie, verstreut zwischen Auckland, Moskau, Paris, London und Buffalo NY.

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
Austria
Polyfilm Verleih Distribution
Release date: 23.10.2015
France
Films sans Frontières Distribution
Germany
NFP Marketing & Distribution Distribution
Release date: 14.01.2016
Italy
I Wonder Distribution
MIDDLE EAST
Middle East Broadcasting Centre MBC TV Rights
Serbia
Tricontinental Ltd. Distribution
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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