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World Service,6 mins

Just a few days into filming, ISIS entered the country

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Lauand Omar is a Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker with a lifelong love of horror films. Inspired by an ancient Kurdish legend, he wrote a film called 'Curse of Mesopotamia'. In the summer of 2014, he assembled a cast and crew in Erbil in northern Iraq. However just a few days into filming, the whole project changed when so-called Islamic State entered the country. Iamge: Director Lauand Omar with Actress Stacy Thunes on set in Erbil Credit: Deebo Films

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