Baghdad Messi | A Short Film by Sahim Omar Kalifa

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