Visit Iraq

film type animated film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2003 runtime 26'00 colour Color
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Dolby A original-language Arabic, English, French subtitles German

In St. Gervais, a quarter in Geneva, is the office of Iraqi Airways. Abandoned since 1991, the deserted premises evoke speculations as to their past.

director Kamal Aljafari Editing Andreas Menn, Kamal Aljafari Script Kamal Aljafari DOP Guiliano Vece Sound Design Jacob Kirkegaard film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

Kamal Aljafari

Kamal Aljafari is a filmmaker and artist based in Berlin. His work has been shown worldwide at film festivals such as the Berlinale, Locarno, Viennale and Rotterdam, as well as in museums such as the MoMA and Tate Modern. He attended the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

Filmography
2003 Visit Iraq
2006 The Roof
2007 Balconies
2010 Port of Memory
2015 Recollection
2019 It’s a Long Way From Amphixious
2020 An Unusual Summer
2022 Paradiso, XXXI, 108