MOHANAD HAYAL
About
Mohanad is an Iraqi filmmaker and co-founder of the Iraqi Independent Film Center in Baghdad. As a key figure in the resurgence of cinema in Iraq, he has on features like and Qarantina. Mohanad’s short film Happy Birthday premiered at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.
Haifa Street
A ruthless sniper on Haifa Street in Baghdad kills a man who walks into the neighborhood. He prevents anyone from retrieving the corpse with the threat of gunfire, causing a chain of events that will reveal the tragic truth about the main character's relationship to the deceased.