DOX in Copenhagen, comes amid a global backlash: "Extreme conservative forces are trying to push down the fight for women’s rights." ...

Today on Commotion, British-born Iraqi writer Dalia Al-Dujaili tells host Elamin Abdelmahmoud about what makes this film important both for the Iraqi film industry and beyond.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hasan Hadi used his own memories of 1990s Iraq for the film (Xavier GALIANA) (Xavier GALIANA/AFP/AFP) For Iraqis who lived through ...

Hasan Hadi's debut feature film is a neorealist look at how life under Saddam Hussein and sanctions in 1990s Iraq destroyed children's innocence.

At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Iraqi filmmaker Zahraa Ghandour marks a notable milestone with “Flana,” a documentary centered on the lived realities of Iraqi women. After its world premiere ...

For Iraqis who lived through the 1990s, dictator Saddam Hussein's birthday on April 28 was a disorientating day of celebration and propaganda. Parties were staged across the sanctions-hit country to ...

The two Iraqi refugees appeared in crowd scenes shot in urban areas and said it was hard work. "There were lots of sophisticated scenes of explosions," Ala' recalled. He appears in a tense scene early ...