Usama Alshaibi Movies

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

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

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

A young artist in a dark dorm room takes anxieties out of their brain and into their hands.

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

What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

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...

Traditional slaughter of an animal for Islamic holiday Eid.

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

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

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

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

"Signal Cross Over is about assisted love suicide and the noisy transition into the afterlife. He is dead and, with his guidance, she will join him...

A short film by Usama Alshaibi

Experimental short made from a family recording.

Super 8 video shot by Alshaibi's brother in Samarra.

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

Chicago, 2008.