Nach seiner Weltpremiere am Toronto International Film Festival Anfang September, feiert Samirs globaler Familien-Epos «Iraqi Odyssey» Premiere im Arabischen Raum.
Das Abu Dhabi Film Festival zeigt den Film im Rahmen des Dokumentarfilm-Wettbewerbs parallel in zwei Fassungen: Neben der internationalen 3D-Fassung wird auch die arabische Sprachfassung in 2D präsentiert.
Screenings:
Montag, 27.10.12 um 20.45 im Vox 2
Donnerstag, 30.10.14 um 20.30 im Vox 1
Die internationale Presse zum Film:
«It’s definitely an ambitious project but it’s created with such sincerity and depth that it almost becomes true.»
Georgia Del Don - CineEuropa
«Iraqi Odyssey is honest and detailed. As a touching, poetic personal and family memoir, as an evocation of Iraqi life at different moments in the 20th century, it has considerable value.»
David Walsh - World Socialist Weekly
«Iraq Odyssey takes 3D where it usually doesn't go. It's a mesmerizing hi-def film about the history of an impressive people.»
Bill Meyer - People’s World
«Iraqi Odyssey aims ambitiously high in its investigation of the effects of history on one large middle class family, and it succeeds in conveying a sense of impotent regret felt by family members forced into exile around the world.»
Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter
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