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AHLAAM (DREAMS)

14.07 - 14.00 Moscow Cinema, Small Hall
2005, Iraq/UK/The Netherlands, 110 min.

NON COMPETITION PROGRAM
Directors Across Borders

Dir./Script./Dir. of Photo./Prod.:  Mohammed Al-Daradji, Compos.: Naseir Shamma, Sound.: Sefi Carmel, Edit.: Ghassan Abdullallh, Ian Watson.
Cast: Aseel Adel, Bashir Al- Majiad, Mohamed Hashim

Scarred Baghdad, 2003… Ahlaam is a bewildered young woman confined to the asylum after witnessing the violent arrest of her fiancée on their wedding day… deeply bruised she lives a confined existence in a state of delusion…

Awards: Best film (Bangladesh IFF, 2006), nominated: Best Arabic film (Cairo IFF, 2005)


Mohammed Al-Daradji

Born in 1978, Baghdad, Iraq.
After the age of 15, studied Theater Directing the Fine Art Institute in Baghdad. After moving to Europe, he continued his studies the Media Academy in Hilversum/Holland. He specialized in camera and after completing his course he worked for a variety of media production companies as a cameraman. His passion for cinema led him to join a Master of Arts Course in Cinematography at Leeds Metropolitan University School of Art.

Filmography
The Bulldozer (2002), The War (2003), Ahlaam (2005), Faith (2006).



 

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