Iraq, 2009. Little Hamoudi (10) is totally obsessed with football. Just as the rest of the world, he and his friends are eagerly looking forward to the Champions League finale FC Barcelona-Manchester United. The long-awaited clash between Messi and Ronaldo. But then Hamoudi’s television breaks down...
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Baghdad Messi won the following awards:
Best Film - Gulf Film Festival Dubai UAE 2013 Honourable mention at IKL Leuven Belgium Grand Prize 'Best Film' at Brescello International Film Festival Italy 2nd Best film at 6th Asian-Moroccan Festival of Short Films Tissa Morocco Best director at the International Short Film Festival Kalar Iraq Jury Award at Arab Film Festival Malmö Sweden Best Film at 15th Festival du monde Arabe Azou-Ifrane Morocco Honourable mention at Urbanworld film festival 2013 New York Silver Aleph BIFF Beirut 2013 Best film Latina Commission Visioni Corte Rassegna 2013 Audience award Visioni Corte 2013 Best short film Baghdad Film Festival 2013 Best short film 29th Alexandria Film Festival 2013 Golden Olive – Bar International Film and TV Festival, Montenegro Jury Prize – Regiofun International Film Festival Katowice Poland Best short film fiction – 8e Relatos Cortos, Merlo, Argentina Grand Prize of the Jury – 8e Relatos Cortos, Merlo, Argentina Best film by the Jury - 9e Armenian Film Festival for Children, Yerevan, Armenia Best film by youth audience - 9e Armenian Film Festival for Children, Yerevan, Armenia
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Directed by: Sahim Omar Kalifa Screenplay: Sahim Omar Kalifa, Kobe Van Steenberghe Producers: Hendrik Verthé, Kobe Van Steenberghe Cast: Ali Raad Al-Zaydawi, Hayder Helo, Noor Al-Hoda Year: 2012