Horizons of Arab Cinema · 46th Edition
Flana
Director
Zahraa Ghandour
Country
Iraq, France, Qatar
Runtime
1 h 25 min
Language
Arabic
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Zahraa returns to her childhood home in Baghdad, haunted by the disappearance of her friend Noor twenty years ago. During her search, she meets Laila (22) at the same shelter where Noor was last seen. Zahraa discovers that many girls are abandoned by their mothers due to gender-based violence. She realizes how the war on Iraq reinforced patriarchal systems, compelling mothers to leave their baby daughters behind in a society that rejects them.
Screenplay
Zahraa Ghandour
Producers
Marc Berdugo, Zahraa Ghandour
About the Director
She was born in 1991, and based in Baghdad, she is a filmmaker, an independent actor and the executive producer and founder of KARADA films production company. Starting her career as a writer, TV presenter, and TV documentaries Director. Years later, she successfully started acting, winning several international awards.
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