Screening date:25-11-2015 -- 20:30
Gift of my Father
A seemingly normal car journey crosses from present reality into a recurring nightmare as Hamoudi, a young victim of war, relives his traumatic experiences. This film is based on real events that occurred in 2007 when employees of the private US security company Blackwater killed 17 civilians in Baghdad.
Country: Iraq/UKYear: 2014
Production: Mohamed Al-Daradji (Human Film)
Contact: Andy Guy
Director: Salam Salman
Editing: Salam Salman
Cinematography: Ali Jebara
Sound: NickFreemantle
Music: Kad Achouri, Andy Guy
Cast: Mohamed Jassem
Fiction – 6'
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biography
Salam Salman was born in Baghdad in 1977, studied cinema at the College of Fine Arts, Baghdad University and started out as a camera assistant, notably on the film In the Sands of Babylon de Mohamed Al-Daradji. Gift of my Father is his first film.