Ayman Al-Shatri's career summary:
Iraqi director and main producer at the scope 5 laboratory for Film Post-Production Services, born in Nasiriyah. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the College of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad. He started his career as an editor in many films, in addition to graphic design, as well as film production and marketing. He also works as an art education teacher in the Iraqi Ministry of Education and is a member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate.
His most important work is the film "Five o'clock", which was first shown at the 13th Dubai Film Festival and was nominated for the Muhr Award and received the Special Mention Award from the Malmö Arab Film Festival 2017. The film was also shown at the Beirut Film Festival 2017. It was also shown in Palestine, Sudan, Stockholm, Lebanon and Turkey in addition to Iraq and won many awards. The film "Five o'clock" was selected in "Cinema Under the Microscope" at the Carthage Film Festival 2018 within the Iraqi Cinema Under the Microscope program among a group of the most important Iraqi films throughout history. Ayman Al Shatri was selected among five promising Arab filmmakers who participated in the Five Arab Stars Of Tomorrow program by the British magazine Screen Daily in cooperation with the 14th Dubai Film Festival. To be among the most important promising filmmakers after the great acclaim he received in the film "The Fifth Hour".
It is preceded by the short film "A Warm Night" which was produced in 2015 and which won many awards from different countries, most notably the Best Iraqi Film Award at the Baghdad International Film Festival 2015, and the third best Arab film at the Alexandria Arab Short Film Festival 2015, and the film was shown in many international and Arab festivals..
His latest film is the film "Happy Hour in Baghdad" produced by Ishtar Iraq Cinema Company and supported by the Cultural Resource Foundation - Belgium - Lebanon and with the support of the French Cultural Institute and the French Embassy in Baghdad, which is still in the post-production stages, and the short film "Must Be Done " produced by the scope 5 laboratory which is expected to see the light early in 2025.