70th Cork International Film Festival

International Shorts 5: Documentaries

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5 films in package
International Shorts 5: Documentaries
Even against the most awesome and epic of backdrops the personal always shines through
What a Family Can Do (Was eine Familie leisten kann)
'I'm Sybille. I've been going to psychotherapy for six years now.'
The Eternal Springtime (Mùa xuân vĩnh cửu)
In a landscape on the brink of extinction, a son follows his a mother into a cave in order to be revitalized
Ali and his Miracle Sheep
9-year-old Ali takes his favourite sheep Kirmeta for sacrifice, a perilous journey that reveals a previously unseen aspect of Iraq
Some Kind of Intimacy
A filmmaker tries to communicate with the sheep living where his parents are buried
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9-year-old mute Ali takes his favourite sheep Kirmeta for sacrifice. On their long, perilous journey through Iraq’s destroyed landscape they bear witness to the beauty and unravel the ills of the nation, but can they cure them with a sacrifice?


  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    26 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    Iraq, UK
  • Premiere
    Irish Premiere
  • Note
    Subtitled
  • Director
    Maythem Ridha
  • Producer
    Maythem Ridha
  • Cinematographer
    Duraid Munajim
  • Editor
    Zainab Al-Hariri
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