Movie “Muhammad (PBUH)” Received Well in Iraq
The special screening was recently held for Iraqi political and cultural elites, who warmly received the work.
In a meeting with Iraq’s culture minister in Baghdad, the Iranian cultural official, Hojat-ol-Islam Gholam Reza Abazari, urged that efforts be made to facilitate screening of the movie for the public in different parts of Iraq.
Muhammad, the Messenger of God, which is the first part of Iran’s big-budget trilogy on the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), premiered in cinemas across Iran on August 26, and attracted a large audience.
It has also been screened in a number of other countries and received very well.
Several internationally-acclaimed professionals, including Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott E. Anderson, three-time Oscar-winning Italian director of photography Vittorio Storaro and renowned Croat production designer Milijen Kreka Kljakovic collaborated in making the film.
Elsewhere in the meeting, Hojat-ol-Islam Abazari highlighted the agreements signed by the two countries in cultural and arts fields and noted that based on the agreements, various programs have been held in Iraq with the participation of Iranian artists and cultural figures.
The Iraqi minister, for his part, welcomed the development of cultural ties between the two neighboring countries.
