Scarred Baghdad 2003... confusion, uncertainty and death engulf the bombed ruins of a Psychiatric Asylum. Voyeuristically we move between the past and the present of three Iraqi lives entangled by the chaos of the American 'Shock and Awe' campaign...

Dreams

War, Love, God & Madness

In 2003, Baghdad-born Mohamed Al-Daradji returned home after a decade in exile to film Ahlaam, the second feature shot in Iraq post-Saddam Hussein. This documentary follows the idealistic young director as he realises his dream in bizarre and turbulent circumstances.  With its improvised form and unpredictable course, the film reflects the incredible risks confronting filmmakers in ‘liberated’ Iraq and celebrates Iraqi people’s spirit to survive amid overwhelming social and political chaos.

Iraq: God, Love, War and Madness

Babil'in Oğlu 2003'te Saddam rejiminin yıkılışından sonra Irak'ı boydan boya kat eden tekinsiz bir yol filmi. Savaş tutsaklarının yaşadığı dedikodusu üzerine sonra bir anne, torunuyla birlikte, 1991'deki savaştan bu yana kayıp olan oğlunu bulmak üzere Babil'in içlerine doğru yol alır. Bir takım yabancılar, benzer yolculuklara çıkmış Iraklılarla aynı yollarda yürür, ortak yasları ve adaletin peşinde, bildiğimiz Irak'tan çok farklı bir memlekette toplu mezarları ziyaret ederler.

Babil'in Oğlu

Several children live and study in a small rented house and they have no one to help them accept for Husham, a student. When the landlord demands they leave, the children lose their only sanctuary.

In My Mother's Arms

An Iraqi soldier escaping from Kuwait as the army retreats in 1991 is captured and cast into Saddam’s infamous prisons, accused of being a traitor. Outside, an Iraqi uprising instills hope for those held captive in the killing fields of Babylon.