The artist and professor Jaafar Ali is considered the founder of the Film and Television Arts Department at the College of Fine Arts,The department holds an annual festival for short films produced by the department’s students, and the department includes a large number of precise specializations,Screenplay, Drama, PhotographyLighting, Editing, Directing, Digital Effects

Jaafar Ali

The message of the scientific department:
The Department of Cinematic and Television Arts / College of Fine Arts affiliated to the University of Baghdad works to achieve and lay the foundations for education in its great sense according to the principles of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, as well as to revolutionize technical skills and prepare students of the department from the first to the fourth stage by specialists in this field to highlight and uphold A message and upholding the message of fine art, as well as striving to build creative and innovative students who are ready to engage in the cultural, artistic and social fabric in order to improve public taste by engaging these promising generations with various technical and scientific requirements, specifically in the field of the film and television industry.

The message of the scientific department:
The Department of Cinematic and Television Arts / College of Fine Arts affiliated to the University of Baghdad works to achieve and lay the foundations for education in its great sense according to the principles of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, as well as to revolutionize technical skills and prepare students of the department from the first to the fourth stage by specialists in this field to highlight and uphold A message and upholding the message of fine art as well as striving to build creative and innovative students who are ready to engage in the cultural, artistic and social fabric in order to improve public taste by engaging these promising generations with various technical and scientific requirements, specifically in the field of film and television industry, starting from the academic progression in directing and Screenplay, photography and montage