Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All Films

Kingdom of Garbage

Ajyal Competition

Yasir Kareem / Short Narrative / Iraq, Netherlands, United States of America, United Kingdom / 2015 / 9 min / Colour / DCP2K
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Drama, Middle Eastern, Social Issues, Family
MENA Premiere

Synopsis

Zahraa, a young Iraqi girl, watches her peers walk to school in the morning and dreams of joining them. Orphaned and terribly poor, however, she cannot afford a uniform. To make ends meet, Zahraa and her brother, Hassan, scour a garbage dump for goods to sell. Is a better life possible? Steeped in realism, ‘Kingdom of Garbage’ gives voice to the children displaced by the ongoing conflict in Iraq.

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Credits

Director
Yasir Kareem
Screenwriter
Yasir Kareem
Producer
Mohamed Al-Daradji
Editor
Yasir Karim, Zainab Al-Hariri
Music
Kad Achouri
Cinematographer
Ayman Al-Amiri
Production Company
Human Film
Cast
Yakeen Hussein, Salam Husham, Mustafa Husham

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