Young Iraqis in Mosul start filmmaking to tell their own stories

Young Iraqi students are getting a chance to make their first short films from Mosul which still bears the scars of the brutal reign of Daesh

All equipment like lenses and sound gear brought in from abroad will stay in Mosul with the goal for the students to continue working on their films.

In collaboration between the Mosul fine arts academy, a Belgian theatre company and UN cultural agency UNESCO, 19 students are getting a chance to make their first short films. Cameras and microphones in hand, the students are now hitting Mosul's streets to tell stories from their wounded city.Mosul still bears the scars of the brutal reign of Daesh, the terrorist group that overran the northern Iraqi city in 2014 and imposed their ultraconservative interpretation of Islamic law.

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