‘Immortals,’ About Iraqi Anti-Government Protestors, Boarded by Cat&Docs: ‘Young People Were Crying for Visibility’ (EXCLUSIVE)
05.03.2024 - 17:25
/ variety.com
Lise Pedersen Paris-based outfit Cat&Docs has acquired world sales for “Immortals,” the sophomore feature film by Swiss director Maja Tschumi (“Rotzloch”), which will compete in the main competition at leading European documentary festival CPH:DOX. “We’re excited to bring this exceptional and important documentary to the international market.
Celebrating its world premiere at CPH:DOX is the best possible start for this striking film with the potential of becoming a cult film of its genre,” Catherine Le Clef, president and CEO of CAT&Docs, said. It tells the story of Milo, a feminist who sneaks out of the house dressed as a man so she can take part in the October 2019 protest movement in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, and Khalili, a young filmmaker who uses his camera as a weapon to document the bloody crackdown on the youth demonstrations.
The film offers a rare cinematic glimpse into life for Iraq’s youth, in a country where more than half the population is under the age of 25. Deconstructing Western clichés of the uprising, it starts with vibrant scenes on Tahrir Beach back in 2019, where young people gathered to protest, play beach volleyball, and listen to and perform rap – the battle cry of Iraq’s anti-government protests.
Tschumi decided to make the film after meeting an Iraqi activist at a workshop in Berlin: “When I saw this crazy repression on social media and how all these young people were crying for visibility on all platforms – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok… everywhere! – I decided that I, as a filmmaker, had to get the funding to make a film.” “We have a lot to learn from young people in the Middle East. The world is no longer listening to them now that the war with ISIS is over, but what they are trying to do is
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