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Son of Babylon (Arabic: ابن بابل) is a 2010 Iraqi drama film directed, co-produced and co-written by Mohamed Al-Daradji, Variety's Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the year 2010.
The film was developed through The Sundance Institute and was selected as Iraq's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Plot
The film is set initially in Northern Iraq, 2003, two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother. On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from the Gulf war in 1991. From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims, on all too similar journeys. Struggling to understand his grandmother's search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew.
Cast
Shazada Hussein
Yasser Talib
Awards
60th Berlin International Film Festival, 2010 winner of the Amnesty Film Award & Peace Prize
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2010 winner of the NETPAC Award
Raindance Film Festival, 2010, winner Best International Feature Film
Hawaii International Film Festival, 2010, Grand Jury Prize Best Feature Film
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2010, Special Mention
Cinema City IFF, Serbia 2010, Special Mention
Zadar Film Forum, 2010, Best European Co-production
See also
List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
Son of Babylon at IMDb
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