Forget Baghdad
2002Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs – The Iraqi Connection is a 2002 documentary film about the Mizrahim, or Jewish community of Iraq. It was written and directed by Samir, an Iraqi born in Baghdad in 1955 and living since 1961 in Switzerland.
The film focuses on five expatriate Iraqi Jews, most living in Israel: Shimon Ballas, Moshe (Moussa) Houri, Sami Michael, Samir Naqqash, and Ella Habiba Shohat.
The film's music is by Rabih Abou-Khalil. It was produced by Karin Koch and Samir and edited by Nina Schneider and Samir. The directors of photography were Nurith Aviv and Philippe Bellaiche.
The film was a coproduction between TagTraum Cologne, Gerd Haag, SF DRS, Teleclub, and Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion. It is 112 minutes in length.
The DVD, which is distributed by Arab Film Distribution, comes with a 30-minute "Making of the film" featurette. The DVD has multiple audio tracks and subtitles in English, German, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish.
Kinostart: | 2002 13.03.2003 in Deutschland 14.11.2002 in Deutschschweiz | ||||
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Genre: | Dokumentarfilm | ||||
Herstellungsland: | Deutschland, Schweiz | ||||
Originalsprache: | Englisch, Hebräisch | ||||
IMDB: | 76 | ||||
Verleih: | Netflix | ||||
Offizielle Webseite: | www.forgetbaghdad.com |
Regie: | Samir | |
Drehbuch: | Samir | |
Kamera: | Nurith Aviv | |
Musik: | Rabih Abou-Khalil | |
Produzent: | Samir |
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2003 | Swiss Film Prize Swiss Film Prize Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm) | Nominiert |
2003 | Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award Best Documentary > 2 Feature | Nominiert |
2002 | Locarno International Film Festival Critics Week Award | Gewinner |
2002 | Zurich Film Awards Zurich Film Award | Gewinner |