Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
A wide variety of Iraqis in exile meet at Café Abu Nawas in London, including the architect Amal, the poet Taufiq and the gay IT specialist Muhannad. They all want to finally feel free in London - something that was denied them in their homeland. But adversity threatens...
Director: Samir Jamal Al Din
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Haitham Abdel-Razzaq as Taufiq Jasim |
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Zahraa Ghandour as Amal |
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Waseem Abbas as Muhannad |
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Maxim Mehmet as Sven |
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Shervin Alenabi as Nasseer |
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Meriam Abbas as Maha |
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Awatef Naeem as Samira |
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Kae Bahar as Zeki |
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Ali Daim Mailiki as Ahmed Kamal |
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Farid Elouardi as Yassin |
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Andrew Buchan as Martin |
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Kerry Fox as Maude Robertson |
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Hazel O'Connor as Kate |
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Taro Bahar as Aro |
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Daniel Adegboyega as Mason |
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Felix Scott as |
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Helen Bradbury as |
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Ken Bones as |
| Writing | Samir Jamal Al Din | Writer |
| Production | Dixie Chassay | Casting |
| Sound | Walter Mair | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tom Linden | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Samir Jamal Al Din | Director |
| Writing | Furat al Jamil | Writer |
| Editing | Jann Anderegg | Editor |
| Camera | Alfredo de Juan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | The Chau Ngo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Joël Jent | Producer |
| Production | Herbert Schwering | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christine Alderson | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christine Kiauk | Co-Producer |