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Nizar Rawi Head Of ( ISFF ) Official Competition   

"And when the ship arrived at the end of its voyage in the Great Flood , Itrahasess sent the black bird to find the land Frontiers , but the bird returned back , then after double of four hours , Itrahasess sent the dove , it didn't return back .So he realized that the land is waving him survival…… "

 among them contributions from Iraqi and Kurdish film makers and other Arabic countries.
The jury chose 58 films to compete for the 7 prizes: 34 short films, 8 documentaries and 6 animation films. 		 
Yousif Al-Anni A Smart Cultural Invitation..! Out Of Competition  
In the beginning I have to salute the contemporary visual art society for its smart, cultural invitation of holding Iraq short film festival which was (short film) unluckyto be care about, or actually it was absent in Iraq.

 Shortly before the opening the Festival received entries also from Egypt, Great Britain, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunis which were screened separately outside the official programme.  
Political & cultural life Attending personalities Guest Country Films  
Amongst others the opening ceremony of the Festival was attended by Dr.Jalal Mashta, an official representative of the State President and Mufeed Al Jazaeri, former culture minister and head of the Culture and Tourism Committee in the National Assembly and a large number of local intellectuals, journalists, broadcasters and TV channels. German was invited to present 28 short films in an own guest section.
The selection was made by the Hamburg Short Film Agency and the German Film Association.		  
 
 

Iraq Short Film Festival

Review

 

The Event

 

The first Iraq Short Film Festival was successfully held during September 24th-29th 2005 at the Magic Lamp Movie Theatre in Baghdad.

 

140 films were submitted to the Festival, among them contributions from Iraqi and Kurdish film makers and other Arabic countries. The jury chose 58 films to compete for the 7 prizes: 34 short films, 8 documentaries and 6 animation films.

 

As the first guest country, German was invited to present 28 short films in an own guest section. The selection was made by the Hamburg Short Film Agency and the German Film Association. Shortly before the opening the Festival received entries also from Egypt, Great Britain, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunis which were screened separately outside the official programme.

 

Even though the security issue prevented some of the film makers from outside of Iraq to attend the Festival most of the artists came to the event. With more than 400 people watching the films, also the audience showed great interest in the international shorts, documentaries and animation films and set a strong signal for the future.

 

  
     
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