Iraq Movies

A symbolic Kurdish short film directed by Karina Mariwan that explores thresholds of memory, isolation, and courage through a solitary doorway.

Two men: one wheelchair-bound and with a radio dangling around his neck, tuned to news of violence in Iraq; the other lies on his bed, his eyes fixed...

In this animated film project, Sherko Abbas draws on his own childhood memories of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, as well as using found images and...

As for human natures that denies the life's end and loves the life's adventure, the newborn child loves life's challenges. Hence, coming into life's...

Abbas’s experimental documentary, Paper Puppet Testimony, collects the stories of Kurdish women in the Red Prison. Although the prison has been...

Living in a house with her sisters, mother and brother without electricity and surrounded by constant danger, director Hiba Bassem ruminates about...

A short horror film about a 17-year-old girl who discovers an old camera that can capture the future.

A contemporary young man in the age of technology, one day as a result of the Wi-Fi connection of the cafe, is forced to look up from the screen of...

This footage is part of an old archive taken by the filmmaker’s father Abbas Abdulrazaq, a former Kurdish fighter and cameraman. In 1985 he...

Hama is a young man living on rent. He loses his job and, as a result, is forced to vacate his home. While packing his belongings, he comes across an...

This short, autobiographical documentary combines phone monologues, dashboard camera footage, and visual accounts from social media to make a unique,...

Opened in an old house in 1992 by a close-knit group of Iraqi artists and writers, the Hiwar Center is a gathering place for those who are interested...

A comedic Iraqi cartoon about the war with Iran.

Kids obsessed with their phones

A poetic one-minute Kurdish micro-short capturing the powerful instant of emotional renewal and rebirth through nature, light, and silence.

A short film about Kurdish women working for their lives

This film is not just about vitiligo - it’s about how we see, how we judge, and how we can begin to reimagine what beauty truly means....