Baghdad Messi

The talented Hamoudi is an 11-year-old boy with a passion for soccer and an ultimate dream to one day reach the level of his idol Lionel Messi. The day Hamoudi is caught in a horrific suicide attempt, he wakes up severely injured in a hospital. As his parents struggle to keep the family safe, Hamoudi is determined to fight for his shattered dream.

• Sahim Omar KalifaDirector
• Kobe van SteenbergheScreenplay

• Atheer AdelKadhim
• Zahraa GhandourSalwa
• Hussein Hassan AliBahoz
• Saman MustefaSoldier
• Errol Trotman-HarewoodDuncan
• Revend ZaydSoldier
• Christian RensonJohn
• Adil AbdulrahmanOsman
• Bangen AliCheck point soldier
• Ahmed Mohammed AbdullahHamoudi
• Safa NajemMirjem
• Ibrahim HashimYakoub