World premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Fest, in the Director’s Fortnight section, Europa has already secured Italian distribution (I Wonder) U.K. Alone in the forest, Kamal has three days to escape them. He manages to escape into a wild forest underworld, only to become wounded by Bulgarian migrant hunters.
The film by Italy-based Rashid was partly financed by Iraq’s Ministry of Culture.Įuropa concerns a young Iraqi man, Kamal, who is caught by the police after entering Europe through the border between Turkey and Bulgaria. Iraq has selected Haider Rashid’s refugee thriller Europa as its contender for the Best International Feature for the 94th Academy Awards.