Film

Baghdad on Fire

2023 · 1h 5m · Documentary

After a lifetime of conflict in Iraq, 20-year-old Tiba joins the October 2019 protests. She is amazed to see so many young men and women gathering from across the nation. Regardless of class and religion, the youth stand side by side in a fight to reclaim their country. Tiba forms new friendships, ideas and dreams. When the peaceful protests are met with violence, she becomes a medic tending to the wounded. But she could never have imagined the heartache one fatality brings.

• Karrar Al-AzzawiDirector · Writer
• Jørgen LorentzenProducer
• Nefise Özkal LorentzenProducer
• Hussein MonafDirector of Photography
• Basher SalmanDirector of Photography
• Naseer ShammaOriginal Music Composer
• Simon M. ValentineOriginal Music Composer
• Nawar AlnaddafOriginal Music Composer
• Morten HaslerudEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

March 17, 2023

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Documentary