MAWTINI (My Homeland)
Tabarak Allah Abbas
2023

Baghdad, early 90s, in a reality where humans have been replaced by cyborgs, a young couple and their newborn baby try to flee their country country where war has just broken out.

Directed by: Tabarak Allah Abbas
Produced by: HEAD – Genève
Co-produced by: SizeMedia
Edited by: Camille Uliana
Sound and sound editing: Henry Sims
Sound mixing: François Wolf
Music: Loan Boulat
Color grading: Nour Bisevac, Alexandre Tettonni, Valentin Babel

Tabarak Allah Abbas (b.1998, Valais) is a filmmaker of Iraqi origin based in Geneva. Initially trained as a painter, she discovered in cinema her primary medium of expression. A 2023 graduate of HEAD – Genève, her work explores belonging, exile, and the fragile intersections between memory and imagination. Her short film Un Papillon (2021) premiered in the Schools Competition at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, followed by Les Fantômes du Paradis (2021) at the Geneva International Film Festival. Her graduation film My Homeland (2023) received multiple international awards and was part of the shortlisted films for the 2026 Academy Awards. She is currently developing her first feature, KIOSK, with AKKA Films.