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Baghdad Messi
Sahim Omar Kalifa
Festival Pops
2022
120 min
Belgien
Synopsis
Undying passion for the game
Hamoudi is a football-crazy eleven-year-old who lives in Baghdad and idolises Lionel Messi. Even after he loses a leg in a terrorist attack, Hamoudi fights for his dream. Meanwhile his parents struggle to secure the family’s future and his father, racked with guilt, does everything he can to give his son a chance to play again.
Cast/Mit
- Atheer Adel
- Errol Trotman-Harewood
- Christian Renson
- Zahraa Ghandour
- Hussein Hassan Ali
- Saman Mustefa
Szenario
- Kobe Van Steenberghe
- Ruth Mellaerts
- based on the story written by Sahim Omar Kalifa
Bild
- Anton Mertens
Ton
- Arne Thomas
Musik
- Frédéric Vercheval
Produktion
- A Team Productions
Vorführungen
Daten
Stunde
Ort
Sprache
Untertitel
Screening
Sonntag 05 März 2023
20:30
Ciné Utopia
Arabisch
Französisch, Niederländisch
Öffentlich
Sonntag 05 März 2023
20:30
Lieux :
Ciné Utopia
Audio :
Arabisch
Untertitel :
Französisch, Niederländisch
Screening :
Public Screening
Trailer und Fotos
Sahim Omar Kalifa
Born in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1980, Sahim Omar Kalifa is a Belgian-Kurdish filmmaker based in Belgium, where he first settled in 2001. He has a master’s degree in filmmaking from the Sint-Lukas Film School in Brussels. Kalifa has won numerous international awards for his short films, which include a 2012 version of Baghdad Messi that was shortlisted for the 87th Academy awards.
