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What it's about

An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to make a dream film about a place that is normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes. He gives the kids cameras. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Despite the production being stopped twice by the Iraqi secret police, The First Movie is about wonder and the power of the imagination.

Cast and crew

Director

Mark Cousins

Writer

Mark Cousins

Starring

Mark Cousins, Gharib Ahmad Rauf, Mohammed Mahmud

Details

Released

2010-09-04

Country

United Kingdom, Canada

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

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