Films

Our River... Our Sky

Baghdad, Iraq, Winter 2006. 3 years after the US-led invasion. Extreme sectarian violence, nightly curfews. And the ongoing occupation of the country. A feature film by Maysoon Pachachi, Oxymoron Productions, 2022.

Open Shutters Iraq

Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq

12 women (including a 6 year old girl), from 5 Iraqi cities, learn to take photographs and produce photo stories about their lives in Iraq. A documentary film by Maysoon Pachachi, Oxymoron Productions, 2009.

Open Shutters Iraq

Bitter Water

A documentary film shot in the summer of 2002 in Bourj Al Barajneh, a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Produced and Directed by Noura Sakkaf and Maysoon Pachachi. A Legend Productions / Oxymoron Films co-production, 2003.

Bitter Waters

Return to the Land of Wonders

A documentary film, shot on DVCAM in Iraq in February/March 2004 on the first trip back to Baghdad in more than 35 years. Directed by Maysoon Pachachi, Oxymoron Films for ZDF/Arte.

Return to the Land of Wonders

Iranian Journey

A documentary road-movie about a 24-hour bus trip with the only woman in the Islamic world who works as a long-distance driver. Directed by Maysoon Pachachi for ZDF/Arte, Oxymoron Films, 2000.

Iranian Journey

Living with the Past: People and Monuments in Medieval Cairo

Directed by Maysoon Pachachi for ECHO Productions, USA.

Living with the Past

Iraqi Women: Voices from Exile

A documentary film by Maysoon Pachachi, Oxymoron Films, 2004.

Iraqi Women