Samir, none	...	(Director)
Samir	...	(Writer)
Shimon Ballas	...	Himself
Moshe Houri	...	Himself
Sami Michael	...	Himself
Samir Naqqash	...	Himself
Ella Shohat	...	Herself

Summary: Winner of a Locarno jury prize in 2002, FORGET BAGHDAD tells the forgotten story of four Baghdadi-Jews, all former members of the Iraqi communist party who were forced to emigrate at Israel s founding. Iraqi-born, Zürich-based director Samir (BABYLON 2) achieves a density of ideas and images that extend the boundaries of the documentary form (Vancouver International Film Festival), fashioning a story at once timely and thought-provoking (VARIETY). Reflecting on the stereotypes of the Jew and the Arab in the last hundred years of cinema, FORGET BAGHDAD masterfully weaves its political, social, and cultural themes to a visually innovative and narratively profound end. In his entertaining, ironic and visually stunning film essay, Samir creates a brilliant tour de force, writes Deborah Kaufman of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.