Iraq yethulwe ekukhethweni kwangaphambili kwe-Oscar ka Ifilimu Ehamba phambili Yolimi lwangaphandle okwesihlanu nge "Mardan".
Kusukela ngo-2005, unyaka wokuqala lapho izwe laziveza khona, baye bazama «Isidingo Seqhwa» (“Marsiyeh Barf”) nguJamil Rostami, «amaphupho» (“Ahlaam”) by Mohamed Al-Daradji, «Jani Gal» nguJamil Rostami kanye ne-"Indodana yaseBhabhiloni» ngu-Mohamed Al-Daradji, ngaphandle kokuthi noyedwa wabo othole ukuqokwa.
Kulo nyaka i-Iraq izozama ukuzuza ukhetho lwayo lokuqala lwe- oscar esigabeni esaziwa njengefilimu yangaphandle ehamba phambili ene-"Mardan" ka-Batin Ghobadi.
"I-Mardan" iyifilimu yokuqala yomqondisi Batin Ghobadi, owaduma emhlabeni wonke ngo-2010 ngesikhathi umsebenzi wakhe wangaphambilini, ifilimu emfushane ethi "Az bad beporsid" iwina i-Crystal Bear, umklomelo wefilimu emfushane ehamba phambili esigabeni seGeneration 14plus, eBerlinale.
Ifilimu ilandisa ngendaba ye- Mardan iphoyisa elibizwe ukuthi lizophenya ngokuduka kowesilisa. Inkosikazi yomuntu olahlekile ikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi kungase kuhileleke ukudlala kabi, njengoba yayiphethe imali eningi. UMardan uzoxhumana nowesifazane nendodana yakhe ukuzama ukuxazulula le mfihlakalo.
Imininingwane engaphezulu - Amafilimu akhethwe ohlwini lwezwe ngalinye nge-Oscar 2015