INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Beneath Which Rivers Flow
ابراهيم
Director
Ali Yahya
Producer
Jafar Sadik
Cinematographer
Ali Ameer
Editor
Akram Sadoon
Sound
Ahmed Raed
Contact
Ali Yahya
Karadah, Baghdad 1000
Iraq
[email protected]
2025
Iraq
16 min 17 sec
Color
In the marshlands of Southern Iraq, Ibrahim and his family live in solitude as strangers to the outside world, their lives tethered to the river, the reeds, and the buffalo they tend. Silent and withdrawn, Ibrahim finds comfort only in his buffalo, his sole companion. But as the rivers dry and the landscape withers, Ibrahim faces unrelenting forces threatening the only life he has ever known, and the only creature he has ever understood.
Directors' Biography
Ali Yahya is an Iraqi filmmaker. Holding a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Ali’s academic background fuels his desire to explore the human experience through film, drawing inspiration from the conflicts and transformations that have shaped his homeland.
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