Film dedicated to the memory of the iraqi theater director Mohsen Sadoon Yasin Director: Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez Executive production: Ishtar Yasin- Hala Lotfy World premiere in Amsterdam,Envision Competition of the IDFA International Documentary Film Festival, 2022, “Outstanding artistic contribution.” Award International Documentary Film Festival in Ismailia, Egypt, Fipresci award, 2023. Nominated by the Arab Critics Association for best documentary feature film at the Cannes Film Festival. "The film takes a spiritual approach to salvage an immense cultural loss due to an unwanted war—told through a family archive. An elegy to a homeland pillaged by senseless violence is built as a cinematic poem and a love letter to a father." IDFA Jury “My Lost Country (بلادي الضائعة) by Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez, which won the FIPRESCI Award in Ismailia, is a beautiful example of the formal freedom a filmmaker can reach while telling a personal story.” Fipresci Jury https://www.ishtaryasingutierrez.com/ www.mylostcounty.com
