“Wounded Olives” announced in Fajr Festival opening ceremony

The wounded olives are a group of ten short movies which contain Islamic World materials, the movies are reported as non-competitive, and many of them contain footages of war with terrorist groups such as ISIS.

The festival aims to present a variety of western filmmaker’s perspectives to the visitors by presenting a selection of Iranian and Iraqi productions, about the Syrian crisis.

Some of the products are named as following:

1-Haunting Ghosts – Omman

A group Palestinians who were prisoned in an Israeli prison

2-Nayla & Intifadha – Palestine

A Palestinian woman’s struggle to choose between her family, freedom or love in 1987

3-The Journey – Iraq

Sarah returns to Baghdad with mysterious intents

4-The Guest – Turkey

Two Girls on their struggle to escape from Syria

5-The Poet – Germany

Saudia Arabian housewife decides to participate in a poetry competition

6-Writing on Snow – Palestine

5 Palestinians trapped in an apartment during the war in Gaza

7-Survivor – Iran

1948 in Haifa, initial days of the occupation Dr Saeed and family face occupation

8-The Rain – Syria

2014 in Homs, few survivors left behind in abandoned city of Homs