My Mother & I 

Iraq-Egypt

Documentary

Huri has lived in isolation since childhood with her mother and her sheep in Iraqi Kurdistan. She is now confronted with the outside world and the possibilities for a new beginning. «A coming of age story that begins at 70 years old».

INTENTION NOTE : I come from the same village as Huri and Shemi, where I found in Shemi a symbol of my own yearning for freedom from societal constraints. In Huri’s quest for freedom , I recognized my own desire to break free from the restrictions imposed on women in our village.

Director : DILPAK MAJEED 

Dilpak Majeed was born in Duhok, Iraq in 1994. She finished her studies in the University of Duhok in the department of chemistry. She has worked as a journalist, a director, camera, and an editor on many reports and features.She wrote and directed “Gado” Short Movie

Producer : MARWA TAMMAM 

Marwa Tammam, an Egyptian Producer and Director. She established Patchwork Productions based in Cairo.She has produced and co-produced a number of short films, and her most recent short film was selected in Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.