Iraqi Odyssey
Switzerland / Germany / United Arab Emirates / Iraq, September 2014
FILM,
Documentary,
162 min.
- 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
Awards
(a selection)
- Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Best Asian Film Award 2014 (Winner)
- Winterthur, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Succès Zürich Dokumentarfilm 3. Platz 2016 (Winner)
- Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2015 (Nomination)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2015 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Tallinn, 23rd PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival
15.11.2019 - 01.12.2019 -
Hof, 53. Internationale Filmtage Hof
22.10.2019 - 27.10.2019 -
fragments 16 - Filmfestival der Menschensrechte
21.04.2016 - 25.04.2016 -
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis St-Paul International Film Festival
07.04.2016 - 23.04.2016 -
Portland, Portland International Film Festival
11.02.2016 - 27.02.2016 -
San Francisco, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival San Francisco
14.01.2016 - 20.01.2016 -
Palm Springs, 27th Palm Springs International Film Festival
01.01.2016 - 11.01.2016 -
9th Iran International Documentary Film Festival "Cinema Verité" Tehran
13.12.2015 - 19.12.2015 -
53° Festival internacional de Cine de Gijon
20.11.2015 - 28.11.2015 -
Tallinn, 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
13.11.2015 - 29.11.2015
-
37th Cairo International Film Festival
11.11.2015 - 20.11.2015 -
Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs
02.11.2015 - 08.11.2015 -
16th Bergen International Film Festival
23.09.2015 - 30.09.2015 -
16. Filmfestival Münster
23.09.2015 - 27.09.2015 -
Delémont-Hollywood
27.08.2015 - 12.09.2015 -
Seoul, EBS International Documentary Film Festival
24.08.2015 - 30.08.2015 -
Auckland, New Zealand International Film Festival
16.07.2015 - 02.08.2015 -
32nd Jerusalem Film Festival
09.07.2015 - 19.07.2015 -
Freiburger Film Forum
11.05.2015 - 17.05.2015 -
Belgrad, Beldocs 2015 International Documentary Film Festival
07.05.2015 - 13.05.2015 -
Buenos Aires, 17° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
15.04.2015 - 25.04.2015 -
Vilnius, 20th Vilnius International Film Festival
19.03.2015 - 02.04.2015 -
Berlin, 30. Panorama
05.02.2015 - 15.02.2015 -
Solothurn, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2015 - 29.01.2015 -
Carthage, 25e Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage
29.11.2014 - 06.12.2014 -
8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival
23.10.2014 - 01.11.2014 -
Sao Paulo, 38a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo
17.10.2014 - 30.10.2014 -
Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
25.09.2014 - 07.10.2014 -
Zürich, 10. Zurich Film Festival
25.09.2014 - 05.10.2014 -
Toronto, 39th Toronto International Film Festival
04.09.2014 - 14.09.2014