University of Basrah Academic Wins Best Film Award at the Sharjah International Film Festival
Dr. Baha Al-Kadhimi, a faculty member at the College of Fine Arts, University of Basrah, won the Best Arab Short Narrative Film Award for his film “Al-Mulla” at the Sharjah International Children’s and Youth Film Festival 2025.
Dr. Al-Kadhimi, the film’s director, stated that the award-winning production was created by Basra Cinema Center in collaboration with the College of Fine Arts, written by Hani Al-Quraishi, and starred a group of distinguished Iraqi artists.
He expressed his pride in this achievement, describing it as a recognition of the prominent status of Iraqi cinema in both the Arab and international arenas. He added that this honor places a greater responsibility on them to continue their academic and artistic work in a manner worthy of the University of Basrah, the College of Fine Arts, and the Department of Cinematic and Television Arts.
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