Authors:
Supervision:
Oliver Schwabe Alejandro Bachmann Christian Becker Philip Scheffner
Oliver Schwabe Alejandro Bachmann Christian Becker Philip Scheffner
Project type: Diplom
A production of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
Anfal—eight lives, one genocide
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Subtitle: Anfal - Acht Leben, ein Genozid
Year: 2026
Length: 01:23:29
Categories: Film / TV / Video, documentary
Year: 2026
Length: 01:23:29
Categories: Film / TV / Video, documentary
Project type: Diplom
Eight voices rise up against the silence in the green hills, devastated villages and deserted valleys of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). Eight survivors from various parts of the region tell their own personal stories of the eight phases of the Anfal operation—a systematic military act of destruction against the Kurdish population carried out by the Iraqi Ba'ath regime in 1988. “Anfal—eight lives, one genocide” creates space for collective memories, which speak a universal language, beyond this specific context, of survival, trauma and dignity.
Collaboration:
Research, Concept and Director: Hesam Yousefi Camera: Waraman Saeed Sound: Edris Abdi Production manager: Hawkar Salih & Jalal Mohammad Producer & Editor: Hesam Yousefi Sound designer: Jenny Winter Audio Mix: Judith Nordbrock, Color grading specialist: Ewald Hentze, Transkript: Nadia Yousefi English translations: Tom Ashforth Cataring: Paria Qeisari Musik Singer: Fermisk Hafez Music & mix: Majid Kazemi Tenbur: Mazlum Rewshen Lyric: Kamran Shafei ©2026 Faculty supervisor: Oliver Schwabe, Alejandro Bachmann, Christian Becker & Philip Scheffner Project office: Petra Clemens Accounting: Elke Feist & Jakub Wandzioch PR and festivals: Ute Dilger Supervision:
Oliver Schwabe Alejandro Bachmann Christian Becker Philip ScheffnerA production of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
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 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
 Anfal—eight lives, one genocide Still from Anfal—eight lives, one genocide © Hesam Yousefi |
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