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- Five years following the infamous chemical and biological bombing of Halabja, Diyari, a Kurdish/ American good Samaritan, returns to his homeland to build an orphanage in what is left of Halabja. He meets Jiyan, a ten-year old orphan and a survivor of the chemical attack, doomed to live with a burn scar covering most of her right cheek.. A strong bond between the two ensues and later he names his orphanage after her. During the course of his stay in Halabja, Diyari meets a colorful bunch of townsfolk, many of whom remain physically and/or psychologically marked with the effects of the chemical agents. Among them is Jiyan's only living relative, Shérco, a twelve-year old who has also lost his family to the poison gas. While Shérco dreams of marrying her one day, Jiyan dreams of seeing flowers, a picture of which she finds on the back of a magazine. In addition to building the orphanage, Diyari brings a spark of hope and happiness to Shérco's and Jiyan's lives. However, this affair is short lived. As he leaves, the two orphans turn back to their lonely shells with very little light to look forward to - a familiar state of mind echoing throughout Halabja. Diyari departs with a promise to return, but now leaving a tearful Jiyan at the place where he first meet her - on a swing under a lonely tree on a small lonely hill.
- A horrifying account of Saddam's use of chemical weapons, and the atrocities his sidekick "Chemical Ali" performed in the name of the Ba'ath Party.
- WMD: Weapon of Mass Destruction explores the atrocities of Saddam Hussein and his band of thugs. It asks the question, "Was it worth sending troups to Iraq?" Interviews with top experts and most compelling interviews with the people of Iraq. A film that looks at the war from the Iraqi point of view.
- The drama revolves around the lives and stories of victims who take refuge in a shelter for battered women as well as those who run the place.
- A recently orphaned young Kurdish-French woman travels to Iraqi Kurdistan to find her mother's village, likely destroyed during the Anfal genocide.
- In a secluded mountain retreat screenwriters, Jack and Charlie work the clock to meet the deadline on their latest installment THE PERFECT ROBBERY, in which exploitation and violence are the dominant constituents. Among their trademark fictional subjects is Sally Singleton, a blond bimbo bombshell whom they have created and subsequently exploited. All goes well until bullet-ridden Sally miraculously appears at their doorstep.
- A chronicle of the Kurdish Peshmerga's courageous fight as they attack and defeat ISIS on all fronts, including the liberation of Mount Sinjar where 8000 Yezidis were stranded.
- Set in a fictional town of Kurdava, "One Candle, Two Candles" deals with the issue of arranged marriage and honor-related violence against women. Young Viyan, is forcibly given to wealthy older businessman, Hemmo. When on the wedding night she runs out of the bedroom and climbs a tree, refusing to sleep with him, the respected bridegroom loses face and becomes the laughing-stock of the town. In return, he punishes her by locking her up in the bedroom. The more the townsfolk mock him the more violent he becomes. To add fuel to the fire, a traveling young artist, Botan tries to reach out to her with a proposal to elope. "One Candle, Two Candles" is populated with colorful characters, including a few misfits with eyebrow-raising sense of humor; intertwined subplots; and a surprise ending.
- The fictional radio in the midst of the city's ancient citadel, staffed with a pack of lively and colorful characters spurting out bullet-like one-liner humor in the fashion of popular American sitcoms.
- The documentary depicts the suffering of the Kurds and Iraqis under Saddam's regime through dozens of testimonies by survivors of Saddam's Anfal campaign on the Kurds and by Shia Arabs in the south of the country, as well as with US/UK coalition officials, forensics experts and human rights representatives, The documentary reveals 330 mass grave sites that had been uncovered throughout Iraq, containing as many as 300,000 bodies.