BIFF

important film festivals and platforms in Iraq. It includes a group of events, workshops and dialogue sessions specialized in the field of cinema. In addition to the contesting on prizes for films participating in the festival, selected from several countries. The festival also includes photography exhibitions that are presented every year on the sidelines of the festival.

The festival was established in the year 2004 with the founding of “the Iraqi Filmmakers Without borders organization.” It was opened for the first time in December of the year 2005, the first edition was held, on this day American tanks were roaming the streets of Baghdad, and the number of booby-trapped cars that hit Baghdad that day increased to more than twenty. However, our challenge to darkness was greater, and we continued to hold the festival year after year.

Until we reached the eighth edition, which is its last edition in 2016. The number of films that applied to participate in the festival in the eighth last edition 2016 reached more than 3000 films from all continents. Then the festival stopped its activities temporarily, and the art festival team explained the reasons for its cessation in a press release.