The First Movie

"We tell stories not for revenge, but to find our place in the world."

Sep 4 2010 Not Rated 1h 16m
Documentary

Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just seven hundred people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to make a dream film about a place that is normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes. He gives the kids cameras, and they make their own little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice.

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Plot

An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to make a dream film about a place that is normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes. He gives the kids cameras. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Despite the production being stopped twice by the Iraqi secret police, The First Movie is about wonder and the power of the imagination.

Written by

Mark Cousins

Directed by

Mark Cousins

Cast

Mark Cousins, Gharib Ahmad Rauf, Mohammed Mahmud

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada, United Kingdom

Production Companies

CONNECTfilm, Screen Siren Pictures, Scottish Screen

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

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# of Votes
243
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
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NA
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