KINGDOM OF GARBAGE

Yasir KAREEM - Iraq - Netherlands - USA - UK

Synopsis

Zahraan, a refugee from northern Iraq, dreams of going to school. That’s why she must scour a landfill site for valuable materials with her brother Hassan, competing with other scavengers.

Film details

Genre : Narrative Feature film
Duration : 09 minutes
Year of production : 2015
Country : Iraq - Netherlands - USA - UK
Casting : Yankeen Hussein
Screenwriter : Yasir Kareem
Editor : Yasir Kareem
Director : Yasir KAREEM






His film "The Kingdom of Garbage" won special mention at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, 2015 and the best film award at the Malmö Festival in Sweden, 2016. He is currently directing a feature film "Donia.