Iraq Movies

One of the earliest Iraqi films, the plot revolves around a young Iraqi man working as a writer who flees to Cairo after being accused of murdering...

This interactive documentary recreates a time and place that only exists in the memories of Iranian Kurds who are forced to live in diaspora around...

Cry of the Sky is loosely about events that led to the collapse of the first Kurdish revolution of 1961 and the chaotic recovery of the resistance...

The first Iraqi film in Technicolor narrates the biography of the renowned Assyrian king Nebuchadnezzar II, the builder of the Hanging Gardens. It...

The film takes place in one of Baghdad's abandoned buildings, where Alaa meets a researcher obsessed with the city's secrets, and is swept along with...

Kurdish childhood friends Hussein and Alan want to produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in Iraq, the Anfal campaign in 1988. They...

In 1980s Erbil, five boys from broken childhoods and forgotten streets found their identity behind the wheel of a stolen blue Volkswagen — they...

The daily antics of an Iraqi manager

During the 8 years of war between Iran & Iraq, many people have been killed and left their families behind, in the meantime Kurdish people fight for...

An elderly man from a distant village in Iraqi Kurdistan is mightily vexed by his daughter’s dreams of becoming an artist, in contrast with his...

Story of a Kurdish family who struggle with many problems and hardships in life, but they do not give up and continue to seek happiness and try to...

2006, Baghdad is ravaged by sectarian violence. Haifa Street is the epicenter of the conflict. Ahmed gets dropped off there by a taxi on his way to...

Outside a stark tent city, this version of the game involves a grid of squares, two across by six long, marked by lines gouged into the arid ground....

A tale about a struggling father facing hardship while his son battles illness.

The footage of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein crawling out of a hole in the ground in 2003 is iconic. Now, 20 years later, the man who dug that hole...

"Bird of happinees" is a play that talks about a group of rebels who take over the parliament hall with a plan

At a moment when things are falling apart in a marriage, one woman finds a unique solution to shift to another dimension and communicate with her...

A historical Kurdish drama exploring collective resilience, artistic perseverance, and cultural continuity across generations in Southern Kurdistan...

The story follows Tawfiq, a young man who witnesses profound social and political changes that reveal the pervasive and enduring corruption in his...

The film is based on a true story. It talks about the end of War and defeat of forces and the relation between Kurds and Arabs by the end of 1991.