Usama Alshaibi Movies

  • 2003
    The Amateurs

    The Amateurs

    The Amateurs

    22003HD

    What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

    The Amateurs
  • 2002
    Soak

    Soak

    Soak

    02002HD

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

    Soak
  • 2019
    Anxiety Art

    Anxiety Art

    Anxiety Art

    102019HD

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

    Anxiety Art
  • 2011
    Profane

    Profane

    Profane

    3.62011HD

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

    Profane
  • 2006
    Nice Bombs

    Nice Bombs

    Nice Bombs

    02006HD

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

    Nice Bombs
  • 2008
    Gash

    Gash

    Gash

    02008HD

    An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.

    Gash
  • 2004
    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime

    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime

    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime

    02004HD

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

    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime
  • 2004
    Convulsion Expulsion

    Convulsion Expulsion

    Convulsion Expulsion

    22004HD

    An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

    Convulsion Expulsion
  • 2005
    Traumata

    Traumata

    Traumata

    02005HD

    A short film by Usama Alshaibi

    Traumata
  • 2003
    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

    32003HD

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

    Allahu Akbar
  • 2017
    Filmmakers Unite (FU)

    Filmmakers Unite (FU)

    Filmmakers Unite (FU)

    02017HD

    Filmmakers Unite (FU)
  • 2000
    Crying

    Crying

    Crying

    02000HD

    Close-up of a woman crying.

    Crying
  • 2020
    CINEMA-19

    CINEMA-19

    CINEMA-19

    02020HD

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

    CINEMA-19
  • 2008
    Organ Molly

    Organ Molly

    Organ Molly

    02008HD

    Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

    Organ Molly
  • 2003
    Muhammad and Jane

    Muhammad and Jane

    Muhammad and Jane

    02003HD

    Muhammad Zeromski, raised in Iraq and Poland, returns to the U.S. after being away for almost a year. The climate he enters is ominous and confused....

    Muhammad and Jane
  • 2006
    Eid Sacrifice

    Eid Sacrifice

    Eid Sacrifice

    02006HD

    Traditional slaughter of an animal for Islamic holiday Eid.

    Eid Sacrifice
  • 2008
    Spoiled

    Spoiled

    Spoiled

    02008HD

    Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

    Spoiled
  • 2008
    My Second Painting

    My Second Painting

    My Second Painting

    02008HD

    Chicago, May 2008

    My Second Painting
  • 2023
    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    02023HD

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

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
  • 2020
    The Desire

    The Desire

    The Desire

    02020HD

    A devotion to beauty, aching and isolation.

    The Desire