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  • The First Movie (2009)
  • Not Rated
    76 min | Documentary
The First Movie (2009)
Not Rated
76 min | Documentary
An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to...See moreAn innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 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. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Despite the production being stopped twice by the Iraqi secret police, The First Movie is about wonder and the power of the imagination. Written by Channel 4 See less
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Director
Mark Cousins
Writer
Mark Cousins (written by)
Producers
Trish Dolman | Gill Parry
Composer
Melissa Hui
Cinematographer
Mark Cousins
Editor
Timo Langer (as Timotheus Langer)
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Updated Dec 14, 2009
Release date
Sep 4, 2010 (United States)
Awards
3 wins & 2 nominations

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