Samir
Producer, Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Cinematographer
Born in 1955 in Baghdad, raised in Switzerland. Samir belongs to Switzerland’s most acclaimed filmmakers. He cofounded the production company Dschoint Ventschr in 1994 and has been directing and producing both fiction and documentary films since. His renowned documentaries include BABYLON 2 (1993), FORGET BAGHDAD (2002) and the award winning IRAQI ODYSSEY (2014), as well as the fiction film BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW (2019). The documentary THE MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORKING CLASS INTO FOREIGNERS (2024) premiered in Locarno's Hors Competition section.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2024
- Die wundersame Verwandlung der Arbeiterklasse in Ausländer by Samir
- 2019
- Baghdad in my Shadow by Samir
- 2014
- Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
- 2010
- Der Engel und die Fibonacci-Zahlen by Samir
- 2005
- Snow White by Samir
- 2004
- Zwischensprach by Samir
- 2002
- Forget Baghdad by Samir
- 2001
- Norman Plays Golf by Samir
- 1999
- Die Helden by Samir
- 1998
- Projecziuns Tibetanas by Samir
- 1997
- La eta knabino au kiel oni trovas ian helpon by Samir
- 1997
- Balko by Samir
- 1997
- Angélique (Blind Date) by Samir
- 1996
- Die Partner by Samir
- 1996
- Die Metzger by Samir
- 1996
- Tödliche Schwesternliebe by Samir
- 1995
- Die Drei by Samir
- 1994
- La productrice by Samir
- 1994
- Eurocops by Samir
- 1993
- Babylon 2 by Samir
- 1992
- (It was) just a job by Samir
- 1991
- Immer & ewig by Samir
- 1988
- Filou by Samir
- 1986
- Morlove – Eine Ode für Heisenberg by Samir
- 1985
- Schiefkörper-Video by Samir
- 1984
- Stummfilm by Samir
Screenwriter
- 2024
- Die wundersame Verwandlung der Arbeiterklasse in Ausländer by Samir
- 2019
- Baghdad in my Shadow by Samir
- 2014
- Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
- 2010
- Der Engel und die Fibonacci-Zahlen by Samir
- 2005
- Snow White by Samir
- 2004
- Zwischensprach by Samir
- 2002
- Forget Baghdad by Samir
- 2001
- Norman Plays Golf by Samir
- 1997
- Angélique (Blind Date) by Samir
- 1997
- La eta knabino au kiel oni trovas ian helpon by Samir
Cinematographer
- 2014
- Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
Editor
- 2014
- Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
- 2002
- Forget Baghdad by Samir
- 1996
- Take off from the Sand by Wageh George
Producer
- 2025
- Underground Explosion - Der Club Platte 27 by Luisa Ricar
- 2025
- Al Baseer – Der blinde Fährmann by Ali Al-Fatlawi
- 2025
- Solidarity by David Bernet
- 2024
- Exodus - Ein musikalisch-poetisches Projekt mit Studierenden und Geflüchteten by Kurt Reinhard
- 2023
- I Giacometti by Susanna Fanzun
- 2018
- Chris the Swiss by Anja Kofmel
- 2016
- Offshore – Elmer und das Bankgeheimnis by Werner Swiss Schweizer
- 2015
- Go Home by Jihane Chouaib
- 2015
- Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern by Stina Werenfels
- 2014
- Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
- 2014
- Dawn by Romed Wyder
- 2013
- Mon père, la révolution et moi by Ufuk Emiroglu
- 2012
- Opération Libertad by Nicolas Wadimoff
- 2012
- Dans un jardin je suis entré by Avi Mograbi
- 2009
- Räuberinnen by Carla Lia Monti
- 2009
- Musical Oasis by Wageh George
- 2008
- Der Pfad des Kriegers by Andreas Pichler
- 2006
- Nachbeben by Stina Werenfels
- 2006
- Das Fräulein by Andrea Štaka
- 2005
- White Terror by Daniel Schweizer
- 2005
- Snow White by Samir
- 2004
- Strähl by Manuel Flurin Hendry
- 2003
- Tarifa Traffic by Joakim Demmer
- 2003
- Skinhead Attitude by Daniel Schweizer
- 2003
- Meier Marilyn by Stina Werenfels
- 2003
- Little Girl Blue by Anna Luif
- 2002
- Forget Baghdad by Samir
- 2002
- A.K.A. Birdseye by Mike Huber, Stephen Beckner
- 2000
- Do It by Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli
- 1999
- ID Swiss by Fulvio Bernasconi, Christian Davi, Nadia Fares, Wageh George, Kamal Musale, Thomas Thümena, Stina Werenfels
- 1996
- Take off from the Sand by Wageh George
Awards
(a selection)
- 2020
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2020, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Nomination) in Baghdad in my Shadow