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I'M MIGRANT Film Festival 2025 : Leaving Baghdad, by Koutaiba Al Janabi

6 Feb 2025

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Thu, 06 Feb
18:45 – 20:00

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Genesis Cinema

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England, United Kingdom

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The I’m Migrant Film Festival is a month-long programme of screenings and events bringing together established filmmakers from across the SWANA Region alongside emerging filmmakers from the Arab World and platforming the most promising new talent from young directors.

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'' Leaving Baghdad is a road movie that follows Sadik, the personal cameraman to the leader Saddam Hussein, at the end of the nineties. Sadik is trying to escape the grip of the regime, being pursued from country to country, encountering smugglers and crooks on his journey. Sadik suffers from paranoia and constant fear. The Iraqi secret police are after him because he is carrying evidence of the atrocities committed by the regime. Sadik is dreaming to go to London, to join his wife who is, however, unwilling to help. In his despair and loneliness, Sadik writes letters to his son, Semir. These letters turn into a confession and reveal Sadik's past and the real reason for his fleeing , the endless waiting and his paranoia. ''

I’m Migrant is a multimedia project spanning film, photography, written word and curatorial exhibitions, devised by Yamam Nabeel. The wider project focuses on the lives of immigrant and exiled artists, poets and writers from the Arab World, celebrating their contributions to Western culture and fostering cross-cultural dialogues.

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Yamam Nabeel

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Koutaiba Al Janabi

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