Baghdad Days
2005•35m•Released
Documentary
Director Hiba Bassem returns to Baghdad from Kirkuk in 2005 to finish her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts. This video diary chronicles her first year in Baghdad as she searches for a place to live, looks for work, attends college, deals with family problems and struggles to come to terms with her position as a woman living on her own. Baghdad Days won a New Horizon Silver Award at the Al Jazeera International Film Festival and a Golden Award at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in 2006.
Director
Hiba Bassem
Languages
Arabic
Studio
Independent Film and Television College
Cast
Hiba Bassem
Herself
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