Underexposure (film)

Underexposure is a 2005 Iraqi film, in the docufiction style, written and directed by Oday Rasheed, produced by Enlil Film and Arts. The story follows a fictional Iraqi film crew, inspired by the actual crew, that struggles with making a film during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent American occupation. It was the first feature film to be shot in Iraq after the beginning of the Iraq War.

Underexposure was shot on expired Kodak film that was bought back from looters in the early days of the American occupation. Underexposure was produced by Enlil Film and Arts, with Producer and Production Designer Majed Rasheed and Executive Producer Furat Al Jamil. Filming began in November 2003 with money that the crew raised by selling their own possessions. Underexposure was the first movie to be filmed in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein and the first Iraqi film in over a decade to not be censored by the Baath party. Filming was finished in April 2004 and the film was released in June 2005 after postproduction was completed in Berlin, Germany, with coproducers Tom Tykwer and Maria Kpf of X Filme Creative Pool.Underexposure was shown in film festivals around the world, including The Rotterdam International Film Festival Netherlands 2005, World Premiere, the Febio Festival Czech Reupblic 2005, Arab Film Festival Japan 2005, Singapore International Film Festival 2005, Arab Film Festival Netherlands 2005, Durban International Film Festival South Africa 2005, Munich Film Festival Germany 2005, Osians Cinefan Asian Film Festival India 2005, Alexandria International Film Festival Egypt 2005, La Mostra de Valencia Spain 2005. Additionally, Oday Rasheed received numerous awards for his work on Underexposure. ........

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