Direction: Samir

Direction Samir

Cast Shimon Ballas · Moshe Houri · Sami Michael

Synopsis A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of “Jew” and “Arab” through onehundred years of film, contrasted with the history of Jewish communists from Iraq. The protagonists are Shimon Ballas, a writer and professor of Arabic studies in Tel Aviv and...

Direction Samir

Cast François Florey · Stéphanie Lagarde

Synopsis Not having expected such a striking girl at a blind date he runs away, with her in pusuit.

Direction Samir

Cast Oliver Broumis · Nicole Ansari-Cox · Stefan Stutzer · Heidi Züger

Synopsis In this story, a man and a woman have been fatally wounded by a policeman in a shootout at an outdoor market. The two meet in an anteroom for the spirits of the not-quite dead, and they fall in love....

Direction Samir

Cast Kerry Fox · Felix Scott · Ken Bones · Daniel Adegboyega

Synopsis "Abu Nawas" is a trendy café and popular hangout for artists, communists and gay Iraqi exiles in London, it's close to the Salafist Mosque. When Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth and nephew of poet Taufiq, attacks his uncle's friends he...

Direction Samir

Cast Julie Fournier · Carlos Leal · Zoé Miku · Stefan Gubser

Synopsis The life of 20-year-old Nico from upper class Zurich is all party, sex and drugs when she meets Paco, the front man of a rap band. She finds herself drawn to his independent, creative and profound way of life, so...

Direction Samir

Synopsis Using private family photos, animations, music clips and unknown archival documents, the film tells the story of migration from neighboring countries to Switzerland.

Direction Samir

Cast Souhir Ahmed Riadh · Jamal Al Tahir · Samah Jamal Aldin · Souhair Jamal Aldin

Synopsis Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting 3D documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by the horrors of...