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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
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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