Synopse
The war will come. But at the moment everyone is sitting at home in Baghdad celebrating the Festival of Sacrifice. It‘s February 2002. Abbas Fahdel begins by filming his family‘s everyday life: a well is dug, the children throw fruit into the street. The Iraqi director shoots until July 2003. Then again, three weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The atmosphere has changed: now the throb of helicopters fills the air and the nights are full of gunfire. The war has arrived.
Regie
ABBAS FAHDEL verließ im Alter von 18 Jahren den Irak und zog nach Paris, wo er an der Sorbonne in Filmwissenschaften promovierte. Nach Jahren als Filmkritiker kehrte er 2002 in seine Heimat zurück und drehte Dokumentarfilme und 2008 seinen ersten Spielfilm Dawn of the World. Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) wurde 2015 beim Filmfestival Visions du Réel als bester Film ausgezeichnet.
Info
Original Title: Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) Part 1 & II: Before The Fall & After the Battle
International Title: Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) Part I & II
Category: Documentary feature
Section: Veto!
Version & Subtitles: Arabic OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Abbas Fahdel
Production country: Iraq, France
Year of Production: 2015
Length: 334 min
Producer: Abbas Fahdel
Cinematography: Abbas Fahdel
Editor: Abbas Fahdel
World Sales: Abbas Fahdel





