Homeland: Iraq Year Zero

Homeland: Iraq Year Zero is a 2015 documentary film written and directed by the Iraqi-French film director Abbas Fahdel.

Synopsis Chronicles of everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.

Reception According to a New York Times movie review, "“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime,” Ernest Hemingway wrote. “Homeland: Iraq Year Zero” is both an irrefutable proof of that statement and a nagging reminder that the statement is insufficient to address the ultimate tragedy of war."

Awards

Sesterce d'Or (Best Feature Film Award - International Competition), Festival Visions du réel, 2015 Doc Alliance Selection Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2015 White Goose Award (Best Feature Film Award - International Competition), DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, 2015. Award of Excellence (International Competition), and Citizens' Prize, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 2015. Grand Prize and People's Choice Award, RIDM (Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal), 2015. Silver Tanit, Carthage Film Festival, 2015. Jury Prize, Milano Filmmaker Festival, 2015. Public Award, Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (FICUNAM), Mexico, 2016.

Homeland: Iraq Year Zero

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