Iraqi Cinema Days Festival concludes with appeal to revive cinemas

STORY: Iraqi Cinema Days Festival concludes with appeal to revive cinemas DATELINE: May 15, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 various of the al-Rasheed Cinema and Theater 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMED HASSAN, Director general of Iraqi Culture Ministry's Cinema and Theater Department 3 various of the al-Rasheed Cinema and Theater 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): DHUL-FIQAR KHUDER, Actor 5 various of crowd STORYLINE: The second edition of the Iraqi Cinema Days Festival wrapped up on Sunday. The four-day event was held by the Iraqi Cinema and Theater Department at the al-Rasheed Cinema and Theater in downtown Baghdad. Ahmed Hassan, director general of the Iraqi Culture Ministry's Cinema and Theater Department, told Xinhua that a committee specializing in the cinema field nominated 17 short narrative films and five animation films out of more than 60 films from Iraqi directors. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMED HASSAN, Director general of Iraqi Culture Ministry's Cinema and Theater Depa