Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
LONG Métrage | 2007
Operation filmmaker
Pays concerné : États-Unis
Durée : 92 minutes
Genre : société
Type : documentaire

Français

Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, a young and charismatic fi lm student, Muthana Mohmed, stands in the rubble of the city’s film school and explains to an American television audience that his dream of becoming a fi lmmaker has been destroyed – first by Saddam Hussein, then by American bombs. Watching in the United States, and feeling guilty about a war he opposed, actor Liev Schreiber decides to extend to the unknown Iraqi the opportunity of a lifetime – to come to Prague to intern on an American movie. On set, frustrated expectations complicate the relationship between Muthana and his American benefactors in what becomes a cross-cultural endeavor gone startlingly awry.

Filmmaker Nina Davenport becomes increasingly entangled in the young Iraqi’s life, as his visa nears expiration and the threat of returning to Baghdad looms.
Operation Filmmaker addresses the power dynamic between an American filmmaker and Iraqi subject, unfolding as an engaging parable about the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The film was screened as a work-inprogress at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2007 and won the prestigious Dutch Circle of Film Journalists KNF Award.

English

Operation filmmaker
Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, a young and charismatic fi lm student, Muthana Mohmed, stands in the rubble of the city’s film school and explains to an American television audience that his dream of becoming a fi lmmaker has been destroyed – first by Saddam Hussein, then by American bombs. Watching in the United States, and feeling guilty about a war he opposed, actor Liev Schreiber decides to extend to the unknown Iraqi the opportunity of a lifetime – to come to Prague to intern on an American movie. On set, frustrated expectations complicate the relationship between Muthana and his American benefactors in what becomes a cross-cultural endeavor gone startlingly awry.

Filmmaker Nina Davenport becomes increasingly entangled in the young Iraqi’s life, as his visa nears expiration and the threat of returning to Baghdad looms.
Operation Filmmaker addresses the power dynamic between an American filmmaker and Iraqi subject, unfolding as an engaging parable about the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The film was screened as a work-inprogress at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2007 and won the prestigious Dutch Circle of Film Journalists KNF Award.



Director: Nina Davenport
Producer: Nina Davenport
Producer: David Schisgall of Swinging T Productions
Director of Photography: Nina Davenport
Film Editors: Nina Davenport, Aaron Kuhn
Composer: Sheldon Mirowitz
Sound Editor: Dave Ellinwood
Color Correction: Will Cox at Final Frame
Associate Editor: Dan Cantagallo
Assistant Editor/Associate Producer: Tania James
Additional Camera/Field Producer: Kouross Esmaeli


US Theatrical Premiere:
Opening June 4th, 2008 at IFC Center NYC!


Awards:

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Toronto International Film Festival

GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
AFI Fest

JURY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Florida Film Festival

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Chicago International Film Festival

DUTCH FILM CRITICS AWARD
Rotterdam International Film Festival

Festivals:

Sheffield Doc/Fest
Starz Denver Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
Leeds International Film Festival, UK
Santa Fe International Film Festival
Visions du Réel, Switzerland
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival, Brazil
Indianapolis International Film Festival
Nantucket Film Festival
AFI Dallas International Film Festival
Rochester High Falls Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Sonoma Valley Film Festival
Milan International Film Festival
Pesaro International Film Festival
Winnipeg International Film Festival
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