Screenplay: Samir

Direction Samir

Cast Shimon Ballas · Moshe Houri · Sami Michael

Plot 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...

Direction Samir

Cast François Florey · Stéphanie Lagarde

Plot 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

Plot 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...

Direction Samir

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

Plot "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...

Direction Samir

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

Plot 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...

Direction Samir

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

Plot 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...