BIFF jury praises the INSO Documentary
INSO Documentary Feature at Baghdad International Film Festival When the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra Features documentary participated in the Baghdad International Film Festival last year in its 5th edition, it received wonderful feedback from the audience who attended the screening. An Unforgettable Moment Also, some of the pioneer Iraqi filmmakers along with other reporters have shown great interest in the film’s rich information, presenting the history of Iraq since the early 1940s from the perspective of the Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Ammar AlAwadi (BIFF co-founder with Taher Alwan) praised the INSO documentary film and shared his thoughts regarding its rich historical content: “Your film is so valuable… and worth making a seminar to discuss it.” His valued words serve as another award for the film. The Maestro of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Abdul Razzak Al-Azawi, was present at the screening and added his positive feedback for the film in which he participated. Media networks were also eager to conduct TV interviews regarding our participation in the BIFF 5th Edition (2013) and the story behind the INSO Documentary film. With Al-Itijah TV Channel With Albaghdadyah TV Channel With Dijlah TV Channel With Huna Baghdad TV Channel With Naynawa Alghad TV Channel With AlSumaria TV Channel It is worth mentioning that prior to participating in the Baghdad International Film Festival, the INSO Documentary won the Silver Award from the California Film Awards (2012) and the Rising Star Award from the Canada International Film Festival (2013). A great moment of chat and greetings with Dr. Salih Alsahen: Another greeting from interviewer Majeed Alsamarai in appreciation of the INSO documentary: With Katia Jarjoura, one of the BIFF jury members: An insightful discussion with Ammar AlAwadi (BIFF Co-founder) regarding the documentary: The Baghdad International Film Festival was an extraordinary experience, and I look forward to participating again with upcoming projects!
INSO Documentary Film
The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra Documentary Six months of continuous working, the film was done … I mean the INSO (The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra) documentary film which took all my time in those months as this film will be participated in International Film Festivals, it tells the story of the Middle East oldest Symphony Orchestra, which established early in the forties of the last century, and because of the unstable situations that occurred in Iraqi since then, the INSO have faced a lot a lot of problems and obstacles and because of its members love to the classical music it wouldn’t stay alive till now. ستة اشهر من العمل المتواصل على مدار الساعه، واخيرا اكتمل الفيلم الوثائقي … وهنا اقصد الفيلم الوثائقي (الفرقة السمفونية الوطنية العراقية) الذي اخذ وقتي كله في تلك الفترة الزمنيه الكبيرة حيث شارك في مهرجانات دولية . يتكلم الفيلم عن اقدم فرقة سمفونية في الشرق الاوسط، والتي تشكلت في بداية الاربعينيات من القرن المنصرم وبسبب الاوضاع الغير مستقرة التي حصلت ومازالت تحصل في العراق منذ ذلك الحين تأثرت وتعثرت الفرقة السمفونية الوطنية العراقية وواجه اعضائها الكثير من المصاعب وبسبب حب اعضائها لها كان من المستحيل ان تصمد الفرقة وتكون موجودة الى يومنا هذا. The INSO film poster I designed is part of the film DVD cover, as shown below: I did my best in every part of the work, starting from the screenplay and commentary scripts, to the lighting, videography, montage and editing, sound mixing and fixing, color corrections and special effects, directing, poster designing and many other small things that you may find in the INSO film website. لقد فعلت ما بإستطاعتي واعطيت الكثير من جهد وتركيز ومتابعه وبحوث كثيرة ابتداءا من السيناريو وكتابة التعليق، الى الاضاءة والتصوير، المونتاج وتعديل الالوان، مكساج الصوت والمؤثرات الخاصة، تصميم البوستر وموقع الفيلم، تحويل الافلام القديمة وتعديلها ، تعديل الصور القديمه وجعلها ملائمه وبجودة عاليه ، اعداد الحوارات وادائها ، ناهيك عن اخراج العمل ككل .. This is the trailer of my new Documentary Film titled “The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra” The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra is considered as the oldest Orchestra in the Arab world, where it’s beginning was in the forties of the last century. The Orchestra’s journey wasn’t perfect like the other Symphony Orchestras, or at least it wasn’t a normal journey, as it always been facing difficulties because of the unstable political and social conditions during many decades ago. So, what were the obstacles encountered by the INSO? was it able to survive and evolve? what was the position of the successive Governments of them? and what was the fate of it’s members? I don’t want to talk more about the film, but to those who would have the chance to attend in any film festival I strongly encourage them to watch this film on theater. الفرقة السمفونية الوطنية العراقية تعتبر اقدم اوكيسترا في العالم العربي، بل في الشرق الاوسط حيث تكوينها في بداية الاربعينيات من القرن المنصرم. مسيرة الفرقة السمفونية الوطنية العراقية لم تكن مثالية كمثيلاتها من فرق الاوركسترا في دول العالم، او على الاقل لم تكن مسيرتها طبيعية فمسيرتها لطالما كانت متعثرة بسبب التغيرات السياسية والاجتماعية خلال العقود الكثيرة الماضية. فما هي هذه الصعوبات التي واجهتها السمفونيه؟ وماذا كانت مواقف الحكومات المتتاليه منها؟ وماذا كان مصير عازفيها؟ لا اود الحديث اكثر عن الفيلم الحائز على جوائز عالمية في كندا وامريكا ولكني انصح لكل من تسنح له فرصة مشاهدته بدور السينما في المهرجانات بمشاهدته. Below are a couple of snapshots from the INSO Documentary film: بعض اللقطات من الفيلم الوثائقي الفرقة السمفونيه الوطنيه العراقية To read more about the INSO Documentary film you may visit the official film’s website on: لمعرفة المزيد حول الفيلم يمكنكم الذهاب الى الموقع الرسمي للفيلم الوثائقي الفرقة السمفونية الوطنيه العراقية من الرابط ادناه: www.inso-docfilm.com AWARDS You may like to read more about the INSO Documentary awards from the links below: INSO Documentary International Awards BIFF Jury praises the INSO Documentary
Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) Documentary
Award-winning 2012 documentary by Babylon Gate Films and Firas Sameer about the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, its musicians and their survival through decades of upheaval.
INSO Documentary International Awards !!
INSO Documentary Wins International Film Festival Awards Great news, INSO Documentary has recently awarded International Awards from a well known International Film Festivals. The Awards were from: Rising Star Award, by Canada International Film Festival 2013 Silver Award, by California Film Festival 2012 The certificate and the trophy also where received, it was amazing to have such an achievement. This is from the Canada International Film Festival 2013 – Rising Star Award Also INSO won California Film Awards 2012 – Silver Award And also recently the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra documentary has participated in the Baghdad International Film Festival and awarded a special Appreciation letter by the Festival jury regarding the film’s rich content including historical facts and events which were never been covered or archived by any other documentary films over the past decades. Read More about inso participation in BIFF and see the certificate, video, images, interviews and many more from the below link: BIFF Jury Praised the INSO Documentary The film was totally produced by Babylon Gate Films, and the news of winning Awards on several International Film Festivals is a fact that we at Babylon Gate Films are proud of, and this presents our quality in our services and production. For more info you may visit the Official INSO Documentary website at: www.inso-docfilm.com