Our River... Our Sky

The story

In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighbourhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist, who regains her will to write after witnessing the forced exile of her Christian neighbour and best friend Sabiha. With the news of Saddam Hussein's sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbours brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.

Cast & crew

Darina Al JoundiSara

Basim Hajar

Basim HajarKamal

Amed HashimiYahya

Meriam AbbasDijla

Zaydun KhalafKareem

Labwa Arab

Labwa ArabMona

Ali El Kareem

Ali El KareemBoatman

Zainab Al-Ghanimi

Zainab Al-GhanimiReema

Mahmoud Abo Al AbbasAbu Haider

Badia Obaid

Badia ObaidSabiha

Abdulla Xayat

Abdulla XayatFalafel Vendor