Baghdad Messi

Directed by Sahim Omar Kalifa

With Noor Al-Hoda, Ali Raad Al-Zaydawi, Hayder Helo, Abdulaziz Mohamed and Amir Yousef

Iraq, 2009. Little Hamoudi (10) is totally obsessed with football. Just as the rest of the world, he and his friends are eagerly looking forward to the Champions League finale FC Barcelona-Manchester United. The long awaited clash between Messi and Ronaldo. But then Hamoudi's television breaks down... Short film, not to be confused with the 2023 feature film.