formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Beginning with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company — the predecessor to British Petroleum (BP) — a professor demonstrates how the company’s efforts to control oil resources in Iran and Iraq were closely tied to the production and distribution of films. … Continued
The film premiered at Cannes where it won the Camera d’Or. Source: Iraq’s Oscar entry ‘The President’s Cake’ lands MENA distribution | News | Screen
According to the MoU that was inked at Iraqi National Theater on July 24, Iran and Iraq agreed to co-produce joint features, short films as well as documentaries. Source: Iran, Iraq ink MoU for cinema cooperation – Mehr News Agency
Jeddah’s Red Sea International Film Festival is treating audiences to a diverse array of films from across the Arab world and beyond, and one 27-year-old Iraqi director is the latest to have his work shown to audiences in Saudi Arabia.Albaqer … Continued
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/28/us-iraq-cinema-idUSTRE73R2E420110428
http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2011/02/22/new-14-screen-multiplex-cinema-for-erbil/