The Journey (Arabic: الرحلة) is a 2017 Iraqi drama film co-edited, written, co-produced, and directed by Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] Upon premiering on 1 March 2018 in Iraq, the film became the first Iraqi film in 27 years to be released in the theaters of Iraq.[1] It was selected as the Iraqi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3]

The Journey
Film poster
Directed by	Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji
Written by	Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji
Produced by	Isabelle Stead Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji Helene Cases
Starring	Zahraa Ghandour Ameer Jabarah
Cinematography	Duraid Munajim
Edited by	Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji Pascale Chavance Hervé de Luze
Music by	Mike Kourtzer Fabien Kourtzer
Production companies	Human Film Iraqi Independent Film Center Lionceau Film
Release dates	7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) (TIFF) 1 March 2018 (2018-03-01) (Iraq)
Running time	82 minutes
Countries	Iraq[1] United Kingdom[1] France[1] Netherlands[1] Qatar
Language	Arabic

Cast

• Zahraa Ghandour as Sara
• Ameer Ali Jabarah as Salam

See also

• List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• The Journey at IMDb
• The Journey at AllMovie

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