DARK SHADOWS is an exploration of works of horror from the Arab world. The short films featured in this program utilize absurdity, fantasy and a bit of gore to explore the darker parts of life, including war, rape, death and family secrets.
The film deals with the absurd issue of war and its reflection upon mankind. The dictator grabs the life of his people and gives them wars to satisfy his instinct. The film is a psychological horror movie in the way of surrealism, embodying a symbolic idea in which generations are crushed due to wars and bloodshed. The characters in the movie are icons for an executioner who has no vision for humanity and only seeks blood, war, and hunger. A young man represents the crushed generations affected by war and become dependant on the hand that harmed them. Our hope is in the new generation: will they keep following in the paths of the executioner, warlords and blood traders? Or will they attempt to get rid of them and start building a new country with a modern civil generation?
Festivals & Awards:
Golden Lion International Festival 2022
About the filmmaker:
Saif Sabah Malih is a director, writer and editor. He was born in Iraq in 1984. He graduated from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema. He has made three films 2040 AFTER THE DISASTER (2015), RABBIT (2021) and CIRCLET (2022).
- Year2022
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryIraq
- DirectorSaif Sabah Malih
- ScreenwriterSaif Sabah Malih
- ProducerSaif Ali Oriabi
- CastBasher Hachem Maged, Rassim Kareem Mansour, Furat Salah Mahdi
DARK SHADOWS is an exploration of works of horror from the Arab world. The short films featured in this program utilize absurdity, fantasy and a bit of gore to explore the darker parts of life, including war, rape, death and family secrets.
The film deals with the absurd issue of war and its reflection upon mankind. The dictator grabs the life of his people and gives them wars to satisfy his instinct. The film is a psychological horror movie in the way of surrealism, embodying a symbolic idea in which generations are crushed due to wars and bloodshed. The characters in the movie are icons for an executioner who has no vision for humanity and only seeks blood, war, and hunger. A young man represents the crushed generations affected by war and become dependant on the hand that harmed them. Our hope is in the new generation: will they keep following in the paths of the executioner, warlords and blood traders? Or will they attempt to get rid of them and start building a new country with a modern civil generation?
Festivals & Awards:
Golden Lion International Festival 2022
About the filmmaker:
Saif Sabah Malih is a director, writer and editor. He was born in Iraq in 1984. He graduated from the University of Baghdad, College of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema. He has made three films 2040 AFTER THE DISASTER (2015), RABBIT (2021) and CIRCLET (2022).
- Year2022
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryIraq
- DirectorSaif Sabah Malih
- ScreenwriterSaif Sabah Malih
- ProducerSaif Ali Oriabi
- CastBasher Hachem Maged, Rassim Kareem Mansour, Furat Salah Mahdi