Bagdad on Fire
31 mins | Norway, Iraq | 2023
Director: Karrar Al-Azzawi
Producer: Jørgen Lorentzen,Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Premiere Status: World Premiere
Screenwriter: Karrar Al-Azzawi
Cinematographer: Hussein Monaf, Basher Salman
Cast: Tiba Fadhil, Yousif Satar, Khader Elias Taha
Release Year: 2023
Language: Arabic
Subtitle: English (United States)
Country: Norway, Iraq
Genre: Documentary
(THIS FILM WAS PART OF OUR 2023 FESTIVAL LINEUP AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON THE SLAMDANCE CHANNEL) With intimate access to Tiba and her friends, we join young Iraqi women and men who side by side are fighting for democracy in Iraq. Tiba’s life changes dramatically as she takes part in the biggest youth movement in Iraqi history.