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The Fifth Story

Narrated by Ahmed, the author, The Fifth Story is a long emotional journey spanning for four decades of wars and conflicts in Iraq.
Four main characters; Nassar, the young Bedouin. Akheen, the eighteen-year-old Yazidis female fighter. Ahmed’s father, the war gravedigger. And Adnan, the old man who settled in seclusion in Baghdad train station. Through the self-revealing experiences of these characters, Ahmed tries to heal himself through a spiritual transformation between three chapters that marked his life: fear, anger and revolution.
The film won IDFA 2020 FERESCIPI Award.

  • Ahmed Abd
    Director
  • Ahmed Abd
    Writer
  • Louai Haffar
    Writer
  • Louai Haffar
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Social, Political, Author's film
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 15, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Iraq
  • Country of Filming:
    Iraq
  • Language:
    Arabic, Kurdish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • IDFA
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    November 20, 2020
    World Premiere
    IDFA FIPRESCI Award
Director Biography - Ahmed Abd

The Director
Ahmad was born in Baghdad in Iraq in year 1994. He received his filmmaking training in the Independent Iraqi Film Center. Ahmed worked as an assistant director with Iraqi director Muhammad al-Daradji to realize his narrative feature film al-Rihlah (The Journey) and director Mohanad Hayal with his feature narrative film Haifa Street (representing Iraq in the Oscar, 2021). Ahmed directed one short narrative War Nest and a short documentary Birds of Sinjar which won BBC Arabic Film Festival Award for Best in Journalism. His first feature length documentary won IDFA FIPRESCI Award in 2020.

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