Iraqi Odyssey
Film poster
Directed bySamir
Written bySamir
Release date
  • 6 September 2014 (2014-09-06) (TIFF)
Running time
162 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageArabic

Iraqi Odyssey (Arabic: الأوديسة العراقية, romanized: al-ʿAwdassi al-ʿIrāqiyya) is a 2014 Swiss documentary film directed by Samir.[1] It was one of seven films shortlisted by Switzerland to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.[2] On 27 August 2015 it was selected to represent Switzerland for the Foreign Language Oscar, but it was not nominated.[3][4][5]

Reception

Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'Iraqi Odyssey': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Locarno round-up: Swiss cinema goes international". Screen Daily. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ ""Iraqi Odyssey" aux Oscars pour la Suisse". Bluewin. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "'Iraqi Odyssey' to represent Switzerland at Oscars". Swiss Info. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'Iraqi Odyssey' as its Foreign Language Contender". Hollywood Reporter. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ↑ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/iraqi-odyssey?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c
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