{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Iraq in Fragments | image = Iraqinfragments.jpg | caption = Theatrical poster | director = James Longley | producer = John Sinno<br/>James Longley | music = James Longley | cinematography = James Longley | editing = Billy McMillin<br/>Fiona Otway<br/>James Longley | distributor = Typecast Releasing<br/>HBO Documentary Films | released = {{Film date|2006|01|21|Sundance Film Festival|2007|1|21|United States}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = United States | language = Arabic<br />English<br/>Kurdish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Iraq in Fragments''''' is a documentary film directed by James Longley. Longley shot the film in Digital Video on a Panasonic DVX100 miniDV camcorder. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it won three awards: "Directing Award Documentary", "Editing Award Documentary" and "Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary".<ref>[http://history.sundance.org/events/41 2006 Sundance Film Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611140151/http://history.sundance.org/events/41 |date=2012-06-11 }} sundance.org</ref> The film is also a part of the Iraq Media Action Project film collection. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/339977/Iraq-in-Fragments/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015112833/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/339977/Iraq-in-Fragments/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-15 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |title=NY Times: Iraq in Fragments |access-date=2008-11-23}}</ref> The film was shot in Iraq and edited at 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle. This film has three parts to it which describe the viewpoints of Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kurdish residents.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060202/sundance02/films-with-seattle-ties-win-sundance-slamdance-awards | work=The Seattle Times | first=Moira | last=MacDonald | title=Films with Seattle ties win Sundance, Slamdance awards | date=2006-02-02 | access-date=2011-04-26 | archive-date=2012-10-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002080451/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060202&slug=sundance02 | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Film credits== *Director: James Longley *Producers: John Sinno, James Longley *Editors: Billy McMillin, Fiona Otway, James Longley *Camera: James Longley *Post Coordinator: Basil Shadid *Sound / Music: James Longley *2nd Unit Camera: Margaret Longley *Re-Recording Mixer: Dave Howe *Colorist: Bill Lord *Translators: Ahmed Ayed, Ali Zekki, Dler Hashim, Duler Bojan, Istifan Braymok, Mohammed Mohana, Mustapha Hasan, Nadeem Hamid, Reyal Sindi, Zaid Al Rawi, Zaid Fahmi, Zirak Dilshad
==Reception== ''Iraq in Fragments'' has an approval rating of 91% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 65 reviews, and an average rating of 7.65/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A stylistically bold, humanist take on the difficulties of post-invasion Iraq".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iraq_in_fragments|title = Iraq in Fragments| website=Rotten Tomatoes }}</ref> It also has a score of 84 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 26 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/iraq-in-fragments|title = Iraq in Fragments| website=Metacritic }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.iraqinfragments.com/}} *{{IMDb title|0492466|Iraq in Fragments}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|iraq_in_fragments|Iraq in Fragments}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080905071800/http://www.iraqmediaactionproject.org/v2/films/iraqinfragments.html ''Iraq in Fragments''] on the [http://www.iraqmediaactionproject.org Iraq Media Action Project]
{{Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary}}
Category:Documentary films about the Iraq War Category:American documentary films Category:2006 films Category:2006 documentary films Category:Sundance Film Festival award–winning films Category:2006 American films Category:Films shot in Iraq
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