Madness and Honey Days

After accidentally insulting President Saddam Hussein on stage and escaping death by convincing the military court that he suffers from a mental disorder, director Salem is exiled to a mental hospital in Baghdad.

LENGTH

Feature

GENRE

Fiction

PRODUCED IN

Iraq

STATUS

In Development

WITH THE HELP OF

Connection

meet the director

Iraqi-UK writer & director, an alumnus of Berlinale Talents 2018. Ahmad received his MA with distinction in 2013 for ‘Children of God’, a multi-award winning short film which won the Muhr Award for Best Arab Short, the Fabrisci Award and the Seoul Guro for best live action short, as well as the Handicap International Jury Award at Cannes, all

meet the producer

Maytham is an Iraqi Canadian filmmaker, writer and producer. He studied Cinema and Television at the University of Baghdad and took numerous workshops on film in Canada and Iraq. He produced several short films and four feature films. Among his feature films are “The Great Method” , “Hanging Gardens”, “Red Bus In Baghdad” and others.

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