Kasim Abid Explained

Kasim Abid
Birth Place:	Baghdad, Iraq
Nationality:	Iraqi
Occupation:	filmmaker, director and producer

Kasim Abid is an Iraqi filmmaker, director, producer and cameraman.

Abid trained in Moscow as a cameraman before settling in London.

Along with Maysoon Pachachi he co-founded the non-profit making ‘The Independent Film and TV College’ in Baghdad.^[1] ^[2]

Filmography

Ghaib-Present and Absent 2021
Mirrors of Diaspora, 2018. Jury award at Muscat Int Film Festival - Special Mention - Oran Arab International Film Festival 2018 - Sardegna Palestina Award - Al Ard Film Festival 2019
Whispers of the Cities, 2013. Award: Special Mention – Cinema du Reel Film Festival.
Wings of the Soul, Special Mention Golf Film Festival - 2011
Life After The Fall, 2008.^[1] Best film - Munich International Documentary Film Festival. Golden Hawk - Arab Film Festival, Rotterdam. Best documentary film - Arab film festival California. Second best Documentary – Gulf film festival
Surda Checkpoint, 2005. Best Cinematography –Iraqi Short Film Festival.
Naji Al Ali: Artist With Vision, 1999. Audience Award - Arab Screen Independent Film Festival. Journalists Choice - Human Rights Film Festival Ramallah.
Amid the Alien Corn, LeipzigFilm Festival 1990

2005 Alhambra Award for Excellence in Arts (The Muslim News Awards for Excellence) ^[3]

Kasim Abid - www.kasimabid.com

Independent Film & TV College – Baghdad www.iftvc.org

Documentary Film Festival – Baghdad www.dffiq.com

Baghdad eye- Human Right Film Festival www.baghdadeye.org

Maysoon Pachachi www.oxymoronfilms.com

News: Taylor . Jerome . Filming in Iraq: 'It's not just abstract explosions and body parts' . 17 July 2022 . The Independent . 28 July 2008.
Book: Watson . Ryan . Radical Documentary and Global Crises: Militant Evidence in the Digital Age . 2021 . Indiana University Press . Bloomington, IN . 9780253058003 .
http://montalvoarts.org/participants/kasim_abid/ Montalvo Arts Center: KASIM ABID