The 8 minutes film written and directed by Hayder Faris and produced by the Iraqi Canadian Society of Ontario is about the '' ' last two-and-a-half minutes ' '' of the victims ' life of the 2016 Karrada bombing in Baghdad , which occurred on 3 July 2016 . The cast included Jabbar Al Janabi , Maytham Salih , Mariam Al Ani , Farouk Sabri , as well as other Iraqi performers and personnel living in Canada . The film uses colour and slow motion scenes , and close shoot-ups to display fear and panic features in those final minutes . The film was shot in Scarborough a district of Toronto , that has a big population of Arab descent , as the director tries to create an environment that has the most resemblance to the streets and storefronts of Al-Karrada area in Baghdad
2016 Karrada bombing
2016 Karrada bombing
2:30 min