Mosul Dream (2022)
Since adolescence, a recurring dream has repeated itself:
the body remains in bed while the gaze ascends above the city.
In 2017, during the war in Mosul, I had no contact with the city. My understanding of what was happening came almost exclusively through images circulating in newspapers and the media.
The city appeared fragmented through distant representations of destruction and conflict.
At that time, I remembered a dream that had accompanied me for years. In this dream, Mosul appears at night, almost entirely dark.
Seen from above, the city is silent, still, and untouched by violence.
The film emerges from the tension between these two image worlds: the mediated images of war and the private image produced by memory and dreaming. The aerial perspective creates distance from lived reality while simultaneously expressing a desire for connection and belonging.
Since adolescence, a recurring dream has repeated itself:
the body remains in bed while the gaze ascends above the city.
In 2017, during the war in Mosul, I had no contact with the city. My understanding of what was happening came almost exclusively through images circulating in newspapers and the media.
The city appeared fragmented through distant representations of destruction and conflict.
At that time, I remembered a dream that had accompanied me for years. In this dream, Mosul appears at night, almost entirely dark.
Seen from above, the city is silent, still, and untouched by violence.
The film emerges from the tension between these two image worlds: the mediated images of war and the private image produced by memory and dreaming. The aerial perspective creates distance from lived reality while simultaneously expressing a desire for connection and belonging.
