Born in Babylon, Iraq. Fahdel is an Iraqi-French
filmmaker, screenwriter and film critic. He lived 18 years in France, where he
studied film at the Sorbonne. In 2002, he returned to Iraq for BACK TO BABYLON
to find out what became of his friends who stayed behind. His second documentary
film WE IRAQIS (2003) shows a country in a dramatic situation, shaken by
ubiquitous violence. In 2008 he realized his first feature film DAWN OF THE
WORLD, a war film that shows the effects of wars in the gulf region. 2002/03 he
realizes the multi-award winning, wide-ranging documentary HOMELAND (IRAQ YEAR
ZERO), published in 2016.
Homeland ( Iraq year zero )
Directed by :
Abbas Fahdel
Cinematography
: Abbas Fahdel
Edited by : Abbas
Fahdel
Release
date : April 23, 2015
Running time
: 334 minutes
Country : Iraq
Language : Arabic
