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  • 2017
  • East Village Entertainment
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2017
  • East Village Entertainment
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary Nowhere to Hide follows male nurse Nori Sharif through five years of dramatic change, providing unique access into one of the world’s most dangerous and inaccessible areas – the “triangle of death” in central Iraq. Initially filming stories of survivors and the hope of a better future as American and Coalition troops retreat from Iraq in...

Directed By: Zaradasht Ahmed

Written By: Terje Lind Bjørsvik, Zaradasht Ahmed

  • 2017
  • East Village Entertainment
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2017
  • East Village Entertainment
  • 1 h 26 m

Nowhere to Hide

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Summary Nowhere to Hide follows male nurse Nori Sharif through five years of dramatic change, providing unique access into one of the world’s most dangerous and inaccessible areas – the “triangle of death” in central Iraq. Initially filming stories of survivors and the hope of a better future as American and Coalition troops retreat from Iraq in...

Directed By: Zaradasht Ahmed

Written By: Terje Lind Bjørsvik, Zaradasht Ahmed

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100
Jul 6, 2017
A shattering vérité portrait of the disintegration of Iraqi society in the period immediately following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from that country, this urgent, of-the-moment film doesn’t explain the ensuing chaos as much as plunge viewers into it firsthand, offering a terrifying, ultimately moving portrait of the effects of war, both physical and psychic.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 22, 2017
The look is rough, the emotions always hovering near the surface. Yet, buoyed by Mr. Sharif’s cheery personality, these can sometimes be defiantly upbeat.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 10, 2017
Both Sharif and Ahmed make sure audiences leave Nowhere to Hide well aware that Iraq remains a war zone — one where innocent people remain caught in the crossfire.
By Craig D. Lindsey FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 25, 2017
Probably that’s the most hopeful thing in the film — that and the spare and very beautiful guitar soundtrack by Gaute Barlindhaug and Ciwan Haco. No one can make sense of what is happening to this and other families. But they must film it.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 22, 2017
Those who can’t understand the tangled battle zones or tragic recent history of Iraq may take some comfort from Nowhere To Hide’s revelation that ordinary citizens of that country don’t understand any of it either.
By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 29, 2017
An immersive, compact and unpolished documentary from the Kurdish-born, Oslo-based filmmaker Zaradasht Ahmed.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 22, 2017
The genial, relentlessly curious Sharif proves an excellent guide as the security situation spirals from instability into nightmare and the so-called Islamic State (aka ISIS or Daesh) advances inexorably advances towards Jalawla.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ten Thousand Images, Mantaray Film, Pasaremos
Release Date Jun 23, 2017
Duration 1 h 26 m
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Website http://www.tenthousandimages.no/portfolio-item/nowhere_to_hide/
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Awards

News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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