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Abbas Fahdel is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography and Editor French born on 2000

Abbas Fahdel

Abbas Fahdel
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Nationality France
Birth 2000 (24 years)

Abbas Fahdel (en arabe : عباس فاضل) est un réalisateur, scénariste et critique de cinéma franco-irakien, né à Hilla, Babylone, en Irak.

Biography

Installé en France depuis l'âge de 18 ans, il y étudie le cinéma en suivant notamment les cours d'Éric Rohmer, Jean Rouch et Serge Daney, jusqu'à obtenir un doctorat de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

En janvier 2002, muni d'un passeport français, il retourne en Irak et y tourne Retour à Babylone, un documentaire dans lequel il s'interroge : « Que sont devenus mes amis d’enfance ? Qu'est-ce que la vie d'ici a fait d'eux ? Qu'est-ce que la vie d'ici aurait pu faire de moi si je n'avais pas choisi de suivre ailleurs le cours de ma destinée ? » En filigrane de cette quête-enquête dans la terre natale transparaît la situation dramatique d’un pays meurtri par les années de guerre et de dictature.

Un an plus tard, en février 2003, devant l’imminence d'une nouvelle guerre, il retourne de nouveau en Irak et entreprend de filmer les siens. Rentré en France quand l'invasion américaine de l'Irak commence, il n’a plus de nouvelles de ses proches. Il revient en Irak deux mois plus tard et découvre un pays secoué par la violence, qui semble n’avoir échappé au cauchemar de la dictature que pour tomber dans le chaos, un pays où pourtant tout demeure possible, le meilleur comme le pire. Ce moment historique constitue la matière de son second documentaire, intitulé Nous les Irakiens.

En 2008, il termine son premier long métrage de fiction, L'Aube du monde, tourné en Égypte et interprété par Hafsia Herzi et Hiam Abbass.

En 2015, il revient au cinéma documentaire avec Homeland : Irak année zéro, long métrage d'une durée de cinq heures et demie.

En 2018, son nouveau long métrage de fiction, Yara, tourné au Liban, est sélectionné dans la compétition internationale du Festival international de Locarno.

Usually with

Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass
(1 films)
Karim Saleh
Karim Saleh
(1 films)
Hafsia Herzi
Hafsia Herzi
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Abbas Fahdel (5 films)

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Actor

Back to Babylon, 52minutes
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Abbas Fahdel
Rating86% 4.3232754.3232754.3232754.3232754.323275
Back in his home town of Babylon after a long exile, the Iraqi-born director Abbas Fahdel asks himself: "What has become of my friends? What has life here made of them? What would life here have made of me had I not decided to follow the course of destiny elsewhere?" In his search and inquiries, his encounters with the friends of his youth, it is the situation today in Iraq that is revealed through the camera's eye: the ravages of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, the after-effects of the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and the embargo imposed by the United Nations.

Director

Yara
Yara (2018)
, 1h40
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin Liban
Genres Drama
Rating64% 3.229253.229253.229253.229253.22925
La jeune Yara vit seule avec sa grand-mère dans une vallée isolée dont la plupart des habitants sont morts ou ont migré à l'étranger. Un jour, Yara rencontre un jeune randonneur.
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero, 5h34
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events
Rating82% 4.113634.113634.113634.113634.11363
Chronicles of everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.
Dawn of the World, 1h35
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Karim Saleh
Rating68% 3.4290553.4290553.4290553.4290553.429055
The Mesopotamian Marshes, at the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in the south of Iraq. This is where Mastour and Zahra, two young Marsh Arabs, grow up. Shortly after their marriage, Mastour and Zahra are forced to separate when the Gulf War breaks out. On the battlefield, Mastour befriends Riad, a young soldier from Baghdad. Mortally wounded, Mastour makes Riad promise to protect Zahra when the war is over. When Riad arrives in the village, he falls deeply in love with Zahra. But unable to bear the loss of her husband, Zahra shuts herself off. In this completely foreign environment that is hostile to this newcomer, and as a new conflict is on the verge of inflaming the whole area, Riad will do the impossible to find his place.
We Iraqis
We Iraqis (2004)
, 52minutes
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Rating89% 4.4779954.4779954.4779954.4779954.477995
Daily life in Baghdad, in a home like many others, that of the director’s brother. The preparations waiting for the outbreak of war, the comments in front of the images on TV, stocking up on food, the difficulty of the children to go to school... After the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, the director returned to Baghdad and meets the people. “I came to film death, but life got the upper hand”.
Back to Babylon, 52minutes
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Abbas Fahdel
Rating86% 4.3232754.3232754.3232754.3232754.323275
Back in his home town of Babylon after a long exile, the Iraqi-born director Abbas Fahdel asks himself: "What has become of my friends? What has life here made of them? What would life here have made of me had I not decided to follow the course of destiny elsewhere?" In his search and inquiries, his encounters with the friends of his youth, it is the situation today in Iraq that is revealed through the camera's eye: the ravages of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, the after-effects of the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and the embargo imposed by the United Nations.

Scriptwriter

Yara
Yara (2018)
, 1h40
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin Liban
Genres Drama
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.229253.229253.229253.229253.22925
La jeune Yara vit seule avec sa grand-mère dans une vallée isolée dont la plupart des habitants sont morts ou ont migré à l'étranger. Un jour, Yara rencontre un jeune randonneur.
Dawn of the World, 1h35
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Karim Saleh
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4290553.4290553.4290553.4290553.429055
The Mesopotamian Marshes, at the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in the south of Iraq. This is where Mastour and Zahra, two young Marsh Arabs, grow up. Shortly after their marriage, Mastour and Zahra are forced to separate when the Gulf War breaks out. On the battlefield, Mastour befriends Riad, a young soldier from Baghdad. Mortally wounded, Mastour makes Riad promise to protect Zahra when the war is over. When Riad arrives in the village, he falls deeply in love with Zahra. But unable to bear the loss of her husband, Zahra shuts herself off. In this completely foreign environment that is hostile to this newcomer, and as a new conflict is on the verge of inflaming the whole area, Riad will do the impossible to find his place.
We Iraqis
We Iraqis (2004)
, 52minutes
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Roles Writer
Rating89% 4.4779954.4779954.4779954.4779954.477995
Daily life in Baghdad, in a home like many others, that of the director’s brother. The preparations waiting for the outbreak of war, the comments in front of the images on TV, stocking up on food, the difficulty of the children to go to school... After the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, the director returned to Baghdad and meets the people. “I came to film death, but life got the upper hand”.

Producer

Yara
Yara (2018)
, 1h40
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin Liban
Genres Drama
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.229253.229253.229253.229253.22925
La jeune Yara vit seule avec sa grand-mère dans une vallée isolée dont la plupart des habitants sont morts ou ont migré à l'étranger. Un jour, Yara rencontre un jeune randonneur.
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero, 5h34
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events
Roles Producer
Rating82% 4.113634.113634.113634.113634.11363
Chronicles of everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.

Cameraman

Yara
Yara (2018)
, 1h40
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin Liban
Genres Drama
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.229253.229253.229253.229253.22925
La jeune Yara vit seule avec sa grand-mère dans une vallée isolée dont la plupart des habitants sont morts ou ont migré à l'étranger. Un jour, Yara rencontre un jeune randonneur.
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero, 5h34
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events
Roles Director of Photography
Rating82% 4.113634.113634.113634.113634.11363
Chronicles of everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.

Editor

Yara
Yara (2018)
, 1h40
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin Liban
Genres Drama
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.229253.229253.229253.229253.22925
La jeune Yara vit seule avec sa grand-mère dans une vallée isolée dont la plupart des habitants sont morts ou ont migré à l'étranger. Un jour, Yara rencontre un jeune randonneur.
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero, 5h34
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events
Roles Editor
Rating82% 4.113634.113634.113634.113634.11363
Chronicles of everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.