Tull Stories Acquires ‘Our River…Our Sky,’ Plans Fall Release in U.K. Cinemas (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comManori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Tull Stories has acquired the BIFA-winning feature film “Our River…Our Sky,” which will be released in U.K.
cinemas in September. The film won Best Ensemble Performance at the 2022 British Independent Film Awards and was nominated for two other BIFA awards, including Best Casting (Leila Bertrand) and Best Supporting Performance (Zainab Joda). “Our River…Our Sky” features intersecting individual stories set in Baghdad, Iraq, at a time of intense sectarian violence and nightly curfews, unfolding over the last week of 2006 and culminating in the sudden execution of Saddam Hussein.
Dedicated to the youth of Iraq, Maysoon Pachachi’s film offers a glance at the realities of ordinary life in Baghdad, presenting a stark contrast to Western media portrayals of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and its aftermath.
The film explores how people find the courage to resist the damage and renew a fragile sense of hope every day. Through the chaos and destruction, the residents never let their ambitions and desires for the future fade, but can’t help but contemplate leaving Iraq.
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