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My Enemy, My Brother

{{Infobox film

| name = My Enemy, My Brother

| image = My Enemy, My Brother.jpg

| caption =

| director = Ann Shin

| producer = Ann Shin

| writer = Ann Shin

| starring = Zahed Haftlang
Najah Aboud

| music = Ari Posner

| cinematography = Brendan Uegama

| editing = Steve Guise

| studio = Fathom Film Group

| distributor = The New York Times

| released = {{Film date|2015|04|17}}

| runtime = 18 minutes

| country = Canada

| language =

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My Enemy, My Brother is a 2015 Canadian documentary film about two war veterans who met twenty-five years later after the Iran–Iraq War in 1980s.{{cite news|title=My Enemy, My Brother - Ann Shin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/opinion/my-enemy-my-brother.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date = 13 May 2015|accessdate=October 28, 2015|last1 = Shin|first1 = Ann}} It is directed by Ann Shin and produced by Melanie Horkan, Hannah Donegan and Fathom Film Group. The documentary was well received by critics and earned wide spread critical acclaim. My Enemy, My Brother was shortlisted with ten other documentaries from 74 entries submitted to 88th Academy Awards in Documentary Short Subject category.{{cite web|title=10 DOC SHORTS ON OSCAR'S 2015 SHORTLIST|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/10-doc-shorts-oscars-2015-shortlist|publisher=Oscars.org|date=October 26, 2015|accessdate=October 28, 2015}} The final five nominations were scheduled to be announced on January 14, 2016.{{cite web|title=Oscar Names 10 Documentary Short Films as semi-finalists.|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-puts-10-docu-shorts-on-its-short-list-1201626647/|work=Tim Gray|publisher=Variety|date=October 26, 2015|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}

Synopsis

In 1982 Zahed was an Iranian boy who ran away from home to join the army. Najah was a 29-year-old Iraqi with a wife and son when he was conscripted to fight. When they meet on the battlefield, Zahed risks his life to save Najah. Twenty-five years later they meet again by sheer chance in Canada.{{cite web|title=My Enemy, My Brother|url=https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/my-enemy-my-brother-2015|publisher=Tribeca Film|date=|accessdate=October 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017022310/https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/my-enemy-my-brother-2015|archive-date=October 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Web series and feature film

The documentary is scheduled to be developed in web series as well as feature film with the web-episode airing every Tuesday.{{cite web|title=Web documentary tells incredible story of Iraq-Iran war veterans who became friends|url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/web-documentary-tells-incredible-story-of-iraq-iran-war-veterans-who-became-friends|work=Mitya Underwood |publisher=The National|date=May 26, 2015|accessdate=October 31, 2015}}{{cite web|title=THE PIXEL MARKET:PROJECT MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER|url=http://market-projects-2014.powertothepixel.com/2014/pixel-market/my-enemy-my-brother|publisher=Power to pixel|accessdate=October 31, 2015}}

Accolades

References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://myenemymybrother.com/}}
  • {{IMDb title|3822758}}
  • [http://fathomfilmgroup.com/2014/my-enemy-my-brother-the-journey-begins-february-2015/ My Brother, My Enemy] at the Fathom Film Group
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/opinion/my-enemy-my-brother.html My Enemy, My Brother] at The New York Times

Category:2015 films

Category:Documentary films about veterans

Category:Films shot in Toronto

Category:2015 short documentary films

Category:Iran–Iraq War films

Category:Canadian short documentary films

Category:2010s Canadian films

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