Left Foot
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020
Falah Al-Baghdadi / Short Narrative / Iraq / 2020 / 2 min / Colour / Apple Pro Res 422 / In No Dialogue / (No Subtitles) subtitles / International Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised for viewers under the age of 13. Individuals under the age of 13 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or older.
Synopsis
A modest shoeshine is approached by a wealthy man in a luxury car seeking his services. As he polishes his new customer’s expensive shoes, he begins to imagine himself living the same lavish lifestyle. But he is soon made aware of his own, different kind of riches, when he discovers that the man is an amputee. A short but poignant reminder that health is often an overlooked and underappreciated form of wealth.
About the Director
About the director
Falah Al-Baghdadi is a film writer and director. He holds a Bachelor's degree in the Arabic language. He wrote many short stories in several Iraqi magazines. He also wrote long and short scenarios. Now he specializes in making animation films with Stop Motion technology and his left foot film was the first artwork he produced in this field Animate to the industry of personalities and the environment to directing.
Positions held
Director of the Administration of Seven Layers Production Company.
2. Member of the Baghdad International Film Festival.
3. A member of the Iraqi Foundation for the Development of Cinema and Culture.
4. Editor in Qanadil magazine, Baghdad
Credits
- Director
- Falah Al-Baghdadi
- Screenwriter
- Safaa Al-Obaidi, Falah Al-Baghdadi
- Editor
- Yasser Al-Khalidi
- Music
- Naoya Sakamata
- Production Company
- Seven layers Productions