Since 2004 · Baghdad
Revolutionizing Iraqi storytelling through cinema.
Iraq Al Rafidain is a cinema and media production company specializing in filmmaking and artistic media for the cultural and creative industry. It was created with the purpose of transferring the human stories of Iraq through cinema.
The company has been developing the cinema industry in Iraq since 2004, with the aim of revolutionizing cultural and artistic production through advanced filmmaking processes. Based in Baghdad, Iraq Al Rafidain supports aspiring filmmakers and provides a robust production base in Iraq — believing in breaking down cultural barriers in order to tell human tales.
84+
International, Arab & Iraqi awards
2004
Founding year
3+
Feature films produced
10+
Short films & documentaries
The company has received over 84 international, global, Arab, and Iraqi awards for the films it has produced — including feature films such as Ahlaam, Son of Babylon, In the Sands of Babylon, and Path of Mariam. It has also produced acclaimed documentaries including In My Mother’s Arms and Iraq: Love, War, God, and Madness, alongside short films like My Name is Mohammed.
Beyond production, Iraq Al Rafidain runs a mobile cinema festival — taking outdoor screenings of its films to Baghdad and other provinces across Iraq — and conducts workshops to train the next generation of Iraqi filmmakers.