Netherlands Festival Showcases Iraq Films

After a weekend course in documentary film-making, Salam Pax took to the streets of war-ravaged Iraq. His first movie, "Baghdad Blogger — Video Reports from Iraq," reveals an emotional cocktail of resentment over the U.S. occupation and joy at the removal of Saddam Hussein It is among several movies — including Iraq's first feature-length drama since Saddam's fall and a raw documentary on American troops fighting insurgents — to emerge from Iraq's chaos being showcased at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam, one of the world's largest gatherings for independent filmmakers. Anthony Deutsch reports for A.P.

Posted by brian on Feb 1, 2005 at 02:58PM | Categories: Festivals