synopsis
This short, autobiographical documentary combines phone monologues, dashboard camera footage, and visual accounts from social media to make a unique, inside look into the life of an up-and-coming female artist from Baghdad who inevitably crosses paths with political turmoil. Munaf documents her journey from her attempts at creating contemporary art in a very limiting environment, the ISIS invasion, and her emigration to Turkey to the invasion of Ukraine where her parents emigrated to.“We artists always get death threats and threats of violence. We bother them. They hate us and see us as an easy target. This is a subject people don't talk about because it's an everyday thing. Someone gets killed and the next day you have to go to work as if nothing happened.” — Sarah Munaf
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Source: Journey Inside the City 2:35-3:03
biography
Sarah Munaf (* 1986) is an up-and-coming artist of Iraqi descent. After ISIS invaded Iraq, she emigrated to Turkey. Munaf belonged to the now-extinct art group Sada, which was founded to support Baghdadi artists.more about film
| director: | Sarah Munaf |
| producer: | Rijin Sahakian |
| script: | Sarah Munaf |
| editing: | Noel Paul |
| sound: | Ernst Karel |
contact
Rijin Sahakianrijins@gmail.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | International Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2022 |
| section: | Fascinations |
| language: | Arabic |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Sarah Munaf |
| original title: | Journey Inside a City |
| country: | Iraq, Türkiye, Germany |
| year: | 2022 |
| running time: | 12 min. |
