Ali Mohammed Saeed’s directorial debut raises awareness of the more than 3000 Yazidi women that were kidnapped and sold into sex slavery by Isis. In “Mosul 980” a girl disguised as an Isis fighter is trying to find out a way of her misery. As she staggers between ruins and corpses, she gets help from a Iraqi officer. But is she really safe?
Saeed, who produced this short film via his non-profit organization Enki Films, is definitely a film activist. He won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in 2009 and is the executive director of the 3 Minutes 3 Days Film Festival in Iraq.
This is screening at Berlin International Film Festival:
The atmosphere of “Mosul 980” is heavily based on sound design. Although the plot takes place at the near end of the Isis conflict, the devastating aftermath, the destruction of war is dominated by a not so much pacified situation. Isis fighters are still controlling the area,...
Saeed, who produced this short film via his non-profit organization Enki Films, is definitely a film activist. He won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in 2009 and is the executive director of the 3 Minutes 3 Days Film Festival in Iraq.
This is screening at Berlin International Film Festival:
The atmosphere of “Mosul 980” is heavily based on sound design. Although the plot takes place at the near end of the Isis conflict, the devastating aftermath, the destruction of war is dominated by a not so much pacified situation. Isis fighters are still controlling the area,...
- 2/20/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
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