20 minutes showing at Dancing on the Edge festival, Holland. This work in progress preview is of a longer documentary project on the journey made by the members of Iraqi Bodies from Baghdad to Amsterdam.

This short cut is an introduction to the experience of this journey, to the young men that made it and their award-winning performance, ‘Crying of my Mother’.

The longer version of this film will explore the journey more fully. It will trace the common experience of exile; the fissure of a youth from its homeland, the absurd cruelty of the current situation in Iraq and the creative response to this from the members of Iraqi Bodies.

Dancing on the Edge

Dancing on the Edge and Cinedans have asked us cut a 20 minute version of the film for the festival in Holland at the end of November. We have been busy in the editing room and are sending this short version of the film soon.

For details of the Dancing on the Edge festival and a schedule see here

Filming in Amsterdam

The crew of Dancing under Crossfire are heading to Holland to film the closing chapter of Iraqi's Bodies piece 'Crying of my Mother'.

This might well be that last performance of the piece and the last chance you will get to see the performance before the worldwide release of our documentary (hopefully) so if you are in the Netherlands check out tour dates here

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

The crew of Dancing Under Crossfire would like to thank The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture for their production prize.

see here for the list of winners this year

AFAC list

The Poster for the performance 'Crying of my Mother'

There are future dates for this performance across Europe and in Beirut in 2009. Keep checking for updates.

Trailer