Usama Alshaibi Movies

A collection of 190-second short films created in response to COVID-19, commissioned by filmmakers Usama Alshaibi and Adam Sekuler.

Rhythm and repetition plays an important role in the animated film Allahu Akbar by Usama Alshaibi. With this film, Alshaibi questions the...

A psychedelic portrait of the founding theorist of Christianity, Paul the Apostle. His life, ideology and influence are reconstructed by piecing...

Ass is a vivisection that attacks the optic nerves and creates a conflict within the body.

In Nice Bombs filmmaker Usama Alshaibi returns to Baghdad to reunite with his family after nearly 24 years. This documentary navigates through his...

Formally, an intriguing depiction of video as forward motion, or as technology of road movies and dreams. Alshaibi intercuts footage of a...

Experimental short about the Qawliya gypsies in Iraq.

A short experimental film about processing internal stress outwardly through the creative process.

A young Muslim Dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis.

"This was made with my daughter Muneera. She wrote it and stars in it. Using black and white reversal super-8mm film."

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

Experimental short made from a family recording.

A woman is chased across a field by an unseen assailant.

This video is compiled from several appropriated clips from VCD's(Video Compact Discs) that are sold in Baghdad.Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama...

Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in...

A short film by Usama Alshaibi

Baghdad, Iowa is the mask, the shadow and the night stars that sing the sorrow song of death. You might be dreaming, so don't wake up until you...