30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: In the Shadow of War

Children of War (2013) -

Iraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary | 2013 | 10 min.

In an Iraqi orphanage a young victim of the war reveals his anguish and his experiences through a series of drawings. His childlike mind contorts the events, but from his perspective we see the war unraveling around him.

CountryIraq, U.K., Netherlands, Hungary
Year2013
Duration10 min
Rating-
LanguageArabic
SubtitleSimultanneous translation into
Directed by Medoo Ali
Screenplay Medoo Ali and Luay Fadhil
Director of Photography Salam Salman
Edited by Medoo Ali
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Biography

Medoo Ali (1991) is a director. He graduated from the Fine Arts Center in Baghdad. He has collaborated on the making of several feature and documentary films. He shot his first short film as part of a workshop of the Iraqi Independent Film Center, where he also co-directed another work with Najwan Ali. This film is a part of the set Iraqi Childhood.

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