The Sixth Story
Fall Grants 2024 - Development Stage
Ahmed Abd / Feature Documentary / Iraq, United Kingdom, Qatar / 80 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Social Issues, Youth, Violence, Death
Synopsis
“Ahmed feels an undeniable urge to revisit a memory he has tried to suppress for seventeen long years—the haunting recollection of being twelve years old and witnessing the abduction and murder of his friend’s father, taken in a BMW and driven into the nearby orchards, during Iraq’s sectarian violence.
In ‘The Sixth Story’, Ahmed retraces these haunting events with the help of his friend Ali, who turns into a forensic artist, sketching scenes from Ahmed’s fragmented memories to capture the features of the perpetrators. Ali’s paintings are dominated by a head embedded within the orchards where the atrocities unfolded. The painting transforms into a stage where real-life events are carefully played out, bearing witness to the weight of their shared past.
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Credits
- Director
- Ahmed Abd
- Screenwriter
- Ahmed Abd
- Producer
- Arij Al-Soltan
- Production Company
- Larsa Films
About the Director
"A winner of the IDFA FIPRESCI Award for his debut feature, ‘The Fifth Story’, Ahmed Abd is one of Iraq’s most promising talents, known for telling stories from his homeland with originality, sensitivity, and poetic depth. Growing up in the shadows of the 2003 war, he became a member of the Independent Iraqi Film Centre, where he nurtured his passion for self-introspection through artistic expression. His first short film, ‘The Birds of Sinjar’, won the Best Journalism Award at the BBC Arabic Festival. Recently, he directed his first fictional web series, ‘The River’s Shadow’, which has garnered widespread critical acclaim.
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Contacts
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Main Contact
Arij Al-Soltan
- Company:
- Larsa Films
- Email:
- larsafilms@gmail.com
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Main Contact
Ahmed Abd
- Email:
- ahmedabd.swa@gmail.com