Son of Babylon (Arabic: ابن بابل) is a 2010 Iraqi drama film directed, produced and co-written by Mohamed Al-Daradji, Variety's Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the year 2010.
The film is set initially in Northern Iraq, 2003, two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother. On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from the Gulf war in 1991. From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims, on all too similar journeys. Struggling to understand his grandmother's search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew.
babylon, arabic, ابن, بابل, 2010, iraqi, drama, film, directed, produced, written, mohamed, daradji, variety, middle, eastern, filmmaker, year, 2010, film, posterdirected, bymohamed, daradjiwritten, bymohamed, daradjimithal, ghazijennifer, norridgeproduced, by. Son of Babylon Arabic ابن بابل is a 2010 Iraqi drama film directed produced and co written by Mohamed Al Daradji Variety s Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the year 2010 Son of BabylonFilm posterDirected byMohamed Al DaradjiWritten byMohamed Al DaradjiMithal GhaziJennifer NorridgeProduced byIsabelle SteadAtia Al DaradjiMohamed Al DaradjiStarringShazada HusseinYasser TalibCinematographyMohamed Al DaradjiEdited byMohamed Al Daradji amp Pascale ChavanceMusic byKad AchouriRelease dateJanuary 2010 2010 01 Running time90 minutes 1 CountryIraqLanguageArabic amp KurdishBudget 2 millionThe film was developed through The Sundance Institute and was selected as Iraq s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards 2 but it didn t make the final shortlist 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditThe film is set initially in Northern Iraq 2003 two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein Ahmed a 12 year old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son Ahmed s father who never returned from the Gulf war in 1991 From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims on all too similar journeys Struggling to understand his grandmother s search Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew Cast EditShazada Hussein Yasser TalibAwards Edit60th Berlin International Film Festival 2010 winner of the Amnesty Film Award amp Peace Prize Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2010 winner of the NETPAC Award Raindance Film Festival 2010 winner Best International Feature Film Hawaii International Film Festival 2010 Grand Jury Prize Best Feature Film Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 Special Mention Cinema City IFF Serbia 2010 Special Mention Zadar Film Forum 2010 Best European Co productionSee also EditList of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmReferences Edit Berlinale Son of Babylon Berlinale Retrieved 31 October 2010 Son of Babylon selected as Iraq s entry for Oscar race Screendaily Retrieved 7 July 2010 9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race oscars org Retrieved 19 January 2011 External links EditSon of Babylon at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Son of Babylon amp oldid 1091461908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
