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The First Movie

The First Movie

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

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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Release DateDecember 14, 2009
StatusReleased
Original TitleThe First Movie
Runtime 56min
Budget
Revenue
LanguageKurdish, English
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesCanada, United Kingdom
Production CompaniesCONNECTfilmScreen Siren PicturesScottish Screen
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