The Golden Harvest

Name: The Golden Harvest
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019
Duration: 85 min

Director: Alia Yunis

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Highlights

Awarded Best of Fest at two prestigious film festivals
Was screened at World Expo, Manarat Al-Saadiyat, the University of Toronto, William & Mary College, Jordan’s Royal Film Commission, Netherlands-Flemish Institute, Art for All, Mall of the Emirates, University of Cologne, and Beacon Academy
Received the SANAD Fund from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2014
The small-budget documentary was shot in Spain, Greece, Italy, and Palestine with an international crew.
Many people volunteered their time and talent, including renowned Lebanese, Iraqi, Greek, and Italian musicians

2019/ Jordan - UAE - Palestine - Spain - Greece - Italy85 min/ Documentary

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SYNOPSIS

A 6,000-year-old love story in which the filmmaker tries to understand the profound and often troubled relationship between olive oil and the people of the Mediterranean.
It is a complicated romance — sometimes funny, sometimes tragic — that is constantly evolving in a region that includes some of the poorest and most conflicted areas of Europe and the Middle East.

CAST

Juanjo Ruiz
Georgia Kofinas
Father Stavros Kofinas
Diana Farr Louis
Caroline Hall

CREW

Screenwriter: Alia Yunis
DOP: Fuad Hindieh
Editor: Jaime Estrada-Torres

Production Company(ies)

ZigZag Lawn Productions

Producer(s)

Alia Yunis Jaime Estrada-Torres

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece

Silk Road International Film Festival, US

DOCUTAH International Documentary Film Festival, US

Virginia Film Festival, US

BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Turkey

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF), US

Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada

Food Film Festival, Italy

Master of Art Film Festival, Bulgaria

Chicago Palestine Film Festival, US

IDYLLWILD International Festival of Cinema, US

Cinema & Cibo Film Festival, Italy

Boston Palestine Film Festival, US

Toronto Food Film Festival, Canada

Sao Paolo Film Festival, Brazil

Calgary Arabian Film Nights, Alberta

Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon

Black Hills Film Festival, US

Finger Lakes International Film Festival, US

Best of Fest at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

SunBird Documentary Award at Palestine Cinema Days

Best of Fest at Finger Lakes International Film Festival

Reviews

Amber Wilkinson - Eye for film

Quotes

“The documentarian has a light touch, blending serious topics, such as the way that young people no longer want to go into the traditional industries of their parents, or the push and pull between regular and organic farming, with lighter weight recipes and observations. The score from Iraqi composer Oscama Abdulrasol, meanwhile, adds atmosphere and a sense of geographical place without being cliched or overbearing.”
Amber Wilkinson — Eye for film