Belgian–Iraqi filmmaker · Brussels
Dhyaa
Joda
Director & screenwriter working across documentary and fiction, with a focus on memory, displacement, migration and survival.
About
Stories shaped by memory, place and lived experience.
Dhyaa Joda is a Belgian–Iraqi filmmaker, director, screenwriter and producer based in Brussels. Born in Baghdad, he studied film directing at the University of Fine Arts in Baghdad and photography at the Agnès Varda Academy in Brussels.
His work focuses on overlooked narratives emerging from societies marked by war and displacement, exploring migration, survival, identity, equality and inner conflict through intimate human stories.
Joda has directed feature documentaries and short fiction films, while also working as a cinematographer and editor. His projects have received support from and involved collaborations with international institutions and film organizations including the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Red Sea International Film Festival, Al Jazeera, SANAD and VAF. His films have screened internationally and have been broadcast by BBC Arabic and Al Jazeera Documentary Channel.
Selected images
Showreel
Filmography
Selected films
2017
Sabeya
Short fiction · Director & screenwriter
Special Jury Prize · Dubai International Film FestivalWatch trailer ↗
In development
Current projects
Fares from Babylon: The Labyrinth
Feature documentary · Director & screenwriter
Secrets of the Ancient River
Feature fiction · Director & screenwriter
The Lives Behind the Lenses
Feature documentary / artistic research · Director & author
My German Friend and I
Feature documentary · Director & screenwriter
The House of Monkeys
Feature fiction screenplay · Co-written with Dutch writer Chris Keulemans
Contact
Let’s talk about films,
collaborations and new work.
dhyaajoda@gmail.comBrussels, Belgium