Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary

Part 2. Feature-Film Chronologies

Part Two Feature-Film Chronologies iraq Size: 169,235 square miles Population: 28,945,657 GDP: ₤25,293m GDP per head: ₤887 Capital city: Baghdad (population: 5,054,000) Feature Films: 105 1940s 3 1950s 11 1960s 27 1970s 18 1980s 16 1990s 9 2000s 21 Iraqi Feature Filmmakers: 63 Faleh Abdel-Aziz, Layth Abdulamir, Kassim Abid, Mohamed al-Ansari, Kamel al-Azzawi, Dia’ al-Bayati, Mohamed al-Daradji, Zuhair al-Dijaili, Borhan al-Din Jassem, Hussein Hasan Ali, Ja’far Ali, Safa Mohamed Ali, Borhan Jassem al-Imam, Sami al-Jader, Fawzi al-Janabi, Mohamed Youssef al-Janabi, Khairiya al-Mansour, Jawad al-Obali, Abdel Jabar al-Obeidi, Kamel al-Obeidi, Hyder al-Omer, Abdelhadi al-Rawi, Abdl Khaliq al-Samarï, Hussen al-Samaraï, Abdel Karem al-Saraj, Amer Alwan, Mohamed al-Din al-Yasen, Mohamed Monir al-Yasen, Fayçal al-Yassiri, Faleh al-Zeïdi, Qays al-Zubaydi, Ravin Asaf, Khahil Chawqi, Hayder Mousa Daffar, Abbas Fahdel, Tahya Faïq, Mohamed Munir Fanari, Youssuf Gergis, Sahib Haddad, Karlo Hartyon, Ka­ meran Hassani, Qassim Hawal, Ibrahim Jalal, Mohamed Choukri Jamil, Shawkat Amin Korki , Hikmet Labib, Abdel Hadi Mobarak, Samir Nimr, Maysoon Pachachi, Oday Rasheed, Jano Rosebiani, Ebrahim Saeedi, William Saimon, Hiner Saleem, Massoud Arif Salih, Ibrahim Salman, Saad Salman, Samir, Zahavi Sanjavi, Harry Sarkissian, Abdl Jaber Wali. Other Arab Feature Filmmakers Working in Iraq: 7 Salah Abou Seif, Fouad al-Tuhami, Ahmed Badrakhan, André Chotin, Ahmed Kamel Morsi, Niazi Mostafa, Tewfiq Saleh (marked with an asterisk [*] in the chronology). Chronology 1945 Cairo-Baghdad / Le Caire-Bagdad / AlKahira -Bagdad (Ahmed Badrakhan*) (Egyptian co-production) Son of the East / Le fils de l’Orient / Ibn al-Chark (Niazi Mostafa*) (Egyptian coproduction ) 1948 Alia and Issa / Alia et Issa / Alya wa Issa (André Chotin*) 1950 Fitna and Hassan / Fitna et Hassan / Fitna wa Hassan (Hyder al-Omer) Leila in Iraq / Layla en Irak / Layla fi al Irak (Ahmed Kamel Morsi*) (Lebanese coproduction ) 1955 Regrets / Nadam (Abdl Khaliq al-Samari) 1956 Warda (Tahya Faïq) Who Is Responsible? / Qui est responsable? / Man al-mas’oul? (Abdl Jaber Wali) 1957 Saïd Effendi (Kameran Hassani) Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East 132 Tishwahen / Tiswahen (Hussen al-Samaraï) 1958 Doctor Hassan / Docteur Hassan / Doctor Hassan (Mohamed Monir al-Yasen) Life’s Lesson / La leçon de la vie / Ababathu al-hayat (Mohamed al-Ansari) Take Pity on Me / Ayez pitié de moi / Irhamoini (Hyder al-Omer) 1959 The Will of the People / La volonté du peuple / Iradat al-chab (Borhan al-Din Jassem) 1960 I Am Iraq / Je suis l’Irak / Ana al-Irak (Mohamed al-Din al-Yasen) 1961 The Bride of the Euphrates / La mariée de l’Euphrate / Aros al-forat (Abdel Hadi Mobarak) The Last Decision / La dernière décision / Hobat al-madlum (Safa Mohamed Ali) 1962 Abou Hella / Abu hila (Mohamed Choukri Jamil and Youssuf Gergis) Chazhra the Bedouin / Chazhra la bédouine / Chazhra al-badawia (Borhan Jassem alImam ) For the Homeland / Pour la patrie / Min ajl al-watan (Fawzi al-Janabi) Naima (Adbl Jaber Wali) Nebuchadnezzar / Nabuchodonsor / Nabuocher nosser (Kamel al-Azzawi) Sultana (Safa Mohamed Ali) Wedding Proposal / Projet de mariage / Mashro zawadj (Kameran Hassani) 1963 Afra and Bader / Afra et Bader / Afra wa Bader (Faleh al-Zeïdi) Autumn Leaves / Feuilles d’automne / Awrak al-kharif (Hikmet Labib) Painful Nights / Les nuits de douleur / Layali al-adab (Jawad al-Obali) Return to the Countryside / Retour à la campagne / Al-awda lil rif (Faleh Abdel-Aziz) The Seven O’clock Train / Le train de sept heures / Qitar al-saa sabaa (Hikmet Labib) 1964 At Dawn / À l’aube / Maa al-fajr (Abdel Jabar al-Obeidi) Basra 11 O’clock / Basrah 11 heures / Basrah saa da’ach (William Saimon) Room No. 7 / Chambre No. 7 / Gorfa raqm sabaa (Kameran Hassani) 1965 The Hand of Fate / La main du destin / Yad al-qadar (Kamel al-Obeidi) 1966 The Path of Love / La voie de l’amour / Darb al-Hubb (Borhan al-Din Jassem) 1967 Farewell Lebanon / Adieu ô Liban / Wad’an ya Lubnan (Hikmat Labib) Gazala (Safa Mohamed Ali) The Path of Evil / La voie du mal / Trik al-char (Sami al-Jader) 1968 The Man / L’homme / al-Rajul (Fayçal alYassiri ) The Night Watchman / Le veilleur de nuit / al-Haris (Khahil Chawqi) 1969 The Bus Driver / Le contrôleur d’autobus / alJabi (Jaf’ar Ali) The Good Omen / Le bon augure / Chaif Khir (Mohamed Choukri Jamil) 1970 The...