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Kasim Abid

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Kasim Abid
BornBaghdad, Iraq[1]
🏳️ NationalityIraqi
💼 Occupation
filmmaker, director and producer
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Kasim Abid is an Iraqi filmmaker, director, producer and cameraman.

Abid trained in Moscow as a camaraman before settling in London.[1]

Along with Maysoon Pachachi he co-founded the non-profit making ‘The Independent Film and TV College’ in Baghdad.[1][2]

Filmography[edit]

  • Ghaib-Present and Absent 2021
  • Mirrors of Diaspora, 2018. Jury award at Muscat Int Film Festival - Special Mention - Oran Arab International Film Festival 2018 - Sardegna Palestina Award - Al Ard Film Festival 2019
  • Whispers of the Cities, 2013. Award: Special Mention – Cinema du Reel Film Festival.
  • Wings of the Soul, Special Mention Golf Film Festival - 2011
  • Life After The Fall, 2008.[1] Best film - Munich International Documentary Film Festival. Golden Hawk - Arab Film Festival, Rotterdam. Best documentary film - Arab film festival California. Second best Documentary – Gulf film festival
  • Surda Checkpoint, 2005. Best Cinematography –Iraqi Short Film Festival.
  • Naji Al Ali: Artist With Vision, 1999. Audience Award - Arab Screen Independent Film Festival. Journalists Choice - Human Rights Film Festival Ramallah.
  • Amid the Alien Corn, LeipzigFilm Festival 1990

Awards[edit]

  • 2005 Alhambra Award for Excellence in Arts (The Muslim News Awards for Excellence) [3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Taylor, Jerome (28 July 2008). "Filming in Iraq: 'It's not just abstract explosions and body parts'". The Independent. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. Watson, Ryan (2021). Radical Documentary and Global Crises: Militant Evidence in the Digital Age. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253058003. Search this book on
  3. Montalvo Arts Center: KASIM ABID

External links[edit]

Kasim Abid - www.kasimabid.com

Independent Film & TV College – Baghdad www.iftvc.org

Documentary Film Festival – Baghdad www.dffiq.com

Baghdad eye- Human Right Film Festival www.baghdadeye.org

Maysoon Pachachi www.oxymoronfilms.com




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