Customers who have installed the Iraqi Cinemas App can enjoy the benefits of checking the showtime of any movie in any branch and booking the seats that suit them while at home. All they must do is activate their account and top it up with the desired amount. The Iraqi market is an Arabic-speaking society, the influence of Arabic movies is tremendous and exceptional but is not abundant as Hollywood-made movies.Iraqi Cinema showed many Arabic films of which some were blockbusters like “Mesh Ana” that crossed 100,000 admissions.
Iraqi Cinema has a movie distribution department that acquired some of the best titles for 2021 like “No Time to Die” the latest Bond film, Mesh Ana, El Ens Wel Nems, Monster Family 2 in addition to others.
Iraqi cinema’s godfather
Iraqi Cinema’s CEO, Mr. Zaid F. Jawad is a self-motivated entrepreneur and film enthusiast. Driven by his passion for the movie industry and by his determination to provide the best and latest film experience to Iraq. Mr. Zaid holds a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, established the first Iraqi Cinema branch in 2011 despite the rocky situation at that time.
From this small step, Iraqi Cinema’s family grew to include more than 200 employees. He participated with the Iraqi basketball national team and started his career as a Sales Manager for East Sugar Company in 1997 after working as a Marketing and Sales Manager at LG MOBILE, Delta, NOKIA, Mountaineering Agent of SAMSUNG MOBILE, and established his own company for mobile device for trad and repairing. Born in Baghdad in 1971, Mr. Zaid saw massive opportunities in the great Iraqi market. His objective was to promote the art of cinema, as well as to raise awareness on the art of filmmaking among his fellow Iraqis. Thanks to his efforts and dedication, cinema was the first form of entertainment to break ground in Iraq after the recent war.
Following a decade of uncertainty, Mr. Zaid utilized his influence and love for seventh art to become a storyteller of a sort. His deeds speak of man’s passion for building a robust industry in Iraq, as well as morphing his struggles with the less than rosy reality to make art in his homeland. This is the true image of Iraqi Cinema’s CEO and Godfather, Mr. Zaid Jawad.
Nevertheless, Mr. Zaid was able to overcome obstacles and convince the distributors of being professional entrepreneurs by committing to prevent any illegal leakage. He proved once and for all that Iraqi Cinema was more than capable of protecting works of art, hence allowing feature films to be shown on the same day as the international movie release dates.
Present and future endsavours
Baghdad’s Hunting Club witnessed the inauguration of Iraqi Cinema’s first branch in 2011 in Baghdad. The era spanning 2012 to 2015 witnessed Iraqi Cinema’s expansion with the inauguration of four new branches across the nation. Fourteen state-of-the-art screens became available to the public at Erbil’s Royal Mall, Baghdad’s Mansour Mall and Nakheel Mall, in addition to the inauguration of Duhok Mall’s Cinemax.
The expansion has picked up even more momentum in 2017 reaching Hillah state with four theatres, as well as six screens in Zayoona Mall. The following year marked a major step into Baghdad mall with eight screens, one fitted with coveted Dolby Atmos, Max Screen with a staggering 250 seats and 2 forty-seats VIP theatres. The latest addition to Iraqi Cinema family was inaugurated in 2021 in Dream City Mall and included one Max screen fitted with 4K real Laser projector and Dolby Atmos sound system, as well as one VIP theatre, in addition to other regular theatres.
Since the sky is the limit, providing the customers with an unparalleled film-watching experience is our top-most priority. We have, thus, set our eyes on bringing the open-air film-watching experience to our fellow citizens in Iraq through massive outdoor screen. To push things even higher, the heart of Baghdad will see the inauguration of fourteen screens in 2023, including one IMAX and one 4DX theatres.
